A TED video about anxiety disorder popped up on my YouTube homepage when I was randomly scrolling for something to watch while sipping coffee for breakfast. The speaker, Dr Jen Gunter started the short video with "We live in a culture that doesn't take mental health issue seriously". All of the sudden, I had this flashback of one of my first meetings with my undergraduate Personal Tutor back in 2017. We were discussing about my practice essay when she asked me if I was by any chance dyslexic - because she mentioned my essay seem to indicate a writing of a person with dyslexia. Taken aback, I answered no, or at least, not that I know of. None of my family members ever really think about getting a diagnosis from a psychologist so I guess even if I was to be dyslexic, I would not even knew it. Back in high school, my Physics teacher once advised me to get a diagnosis and consultation about my (chronic) sleeping disorder, but neither me nor my family took it seriously. I gues
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