Thank you for the comment, and thank you, daven, for chiming in as a practitioner. A fellow commenter drew our attention to our presentation of a TV character. one social media many of us start to present as characters that we want people to relate too.

If we do it with genuine intent to share about ourselves and therapeutic approaches or coping mechanisms, so much good can be done. Feeling less alone and reducing stigma is super important.

If we do it to get likes and in doing so perhaps mislead others or cause other to think that they can self-diagnose, then more harm might be done that good --- for both parties.

your question evokes the notion of a "sob story" in college apps, which has been considered important. Yet having been lucky (nature and nurture) and doing the best of our luck should be a badge of honor, too, to use your terminology.

As I noted below, we always hope that more conversation yields more knowledge and less stereotyping, but that requires a lot of reflection and information seeking on the part of the people in the convo... and also genuine inquiry, which is why we, my co-authors and I appreciate this kind of engagement so much.