Why do people with no training or education still think they are experts on mental health?

[Anonymous]

Some people think that they can diagnose mental disorders, decide whether or not people need to be in mental hospitals or whether or not people need therapy, yet they have absolutely no expertise in mental health whatsoever.

[browsingthroughthe]

Nowadays everyone on socials thinks they know everything 🤪😋🫣

[browsingthroughthe]

I feel for society and fear for it 😭😭

[AngryCarl3]

That's a very good question.

[AngryCarl3]

Thanks for MHO!

[Nikki1989]

The same reason so many anons on here think they are relationship experts. Newsflash, if they knew anything, they wouldn't be anonymous. Humans tend to generalize from their own personal experience. That doesn't make them right.

[Asker]

Your problem with people being anonymous is your own problem and not one that is indicative of them not knowing anything as you maintain. A lot of people maintain an anonymity when asking certain questions because they don't want the blowback from others. That fact seems to escape you.

[Anonymous]

Often common sense is all that’s needed to see that’s someone is messed up in the head. Expertise is not needed to say a person who’s acting insane or have a delusional worldview needs help.

[browsingthroughthe]

No licence / no qualification / means no professional

[fishbone77]

It's easy to observe behavior that seems mentally unwell.

[Asker]

You can observe what you want but if you don't know anything about the subject then you can't tell what represents unwell behavior and what doesn't so you just get to make a lot of mistakes

[fishbone77]

Something tells me I'd evaluate you as mentally ill.

[Asker]

Something tells me that you are probably almost completely uneducated. How far did you go in school? What did you study if you studied anything?

[Staximus]

I’m an expert at everything. If you don’t believe me, just ask me