Have We Turned Personality Into Diagnosis?

Why we keep searching for new ways to explain ourselves.

By Nadja SpiegelmanTressie McMillan Cottom and Mary H. K. Choi

Produced by Vishakha Darbha

Influencers on social media are sharing content that claims to help followers self-diagnose complex medical conditions ranging from A.D.H.D. to autism. And the data reveals that the effect of self-diagnosis is far-reaching. But what happens when large portions of the population believe they have a condition that medical data doesn’t back up? On “The Opinions,” the culture editor Nadja Spiegelman speaks with the columnist and sociologist........

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