>> I never understood why ... americans ... wear their pseudoscientific bullshit diagnoses like medals.
> Borderline Personality Borderline personality disorder involves intense emotional instability, ... and devaluation of others.
>Social Communication Disorder ... knowing how much detail to give, adjusting their speaking style for different situations, understanding implied meanings or hints,
> B5: Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD): People diagnosed with ASPD show a lack of respect toward others. They generally don’t follow socially accepted rules.
> B5: Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD): People diagnosed with NPD have a sense of being better than others... They lack empathy for others
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> I agree that there is a small fraction of people
What exactly makes you believe the fraction is small?
Because it's not as prevalent in other societies. The fixation of Americans, and especially younger Americans with mental health is not something I've (or clearly, GP) witnessed elsewhere.
I don't think the discussion here is due to a lack of empathy, rather it's curiosity of people looking into this society from the outside (which we're doing all the time because we live in an Americanized world, after all). It seems like the participants in this game of self diagnosis and mental health crusade are very self centered and not very fit to deal with life (which is a complicated matter, I admit to that).
This is not to dismiss the hardships of those people professionally diagnosed with mental conditions, obviously.