self-diagnosis
Doctoring your own case
Self-diagnosis is identifying your own medical condition without consulting a professional.
The term often carries skepticism—doctors warn against it, particularly when people rely on internet searches: WebMD convinced her she had cancer, but the self-diagnosis was wrong.
It extends beyond medicine to any problem you identify yourself: His self-diagnosis of the car trouble saved a mechanic's fee.
Observing one's own mind
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- hypochondriaExcessive illness worry
- somatizationMental distress expressed physically
psychosomatic · rumination · obsession · catastrophizing · worry · denial · overreaction
Indicators of disease
- illnessState of poor health
- conditionState or stipulation
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- ailmentMinor health problem
fever · cough · pain · fatigue · infection · inflammation · diabetes · hypertension
Medical information website
- Dr. GoogleOnline medical self-consultation
- cyberchondriaAnxiety from online symptom-checking
- telemedicineRemote medical care delivery
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
Fault in communication
- misinterpretationIncorrect understanding of meaning
- oversimplificationStripping complexity unfairly
- differentialRelative difference between things
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
limitation · risk · delay · overconfidence
Systematic fault diagnosis
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- malfunctionFailure to operate properly
- debugRemove software errors
- alertWarning or watchfulness
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- hypochondriaExcessive illness worry
somatization · psychosomatic · rumination · obsession · catastrophizing · worry · denial · overreaction
symptoms
Indicators of disease
ailment · fever · cough · pain · fatigue · infection · inflammation · diabetes · hypertension · headache
WebMD
Medical information website
- Dr. GoogleOnline medical self-consultation
- cyberchondriaAnxiety from online symptom-checking
- telemedicineRemote medical care delivery
misinformation · eHealth · Reddit · Quora
error
Fault in communication
- misinterpretationIncorrect understanding of meaning
- oversimplificationStripping complexity unfairly
- differentialRelative difference between things
uncertainty · limitation · risk · delay · overconfidence
troubleshooting
Systematic fault diagnosis
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- malfunctionFailure to operate properly
- debugRemove software errors
- Neurodiversityautism spectrum, ASD, neurodivergence, neurotypical, spectrum
- Psychiatry Critiqueanti-psychiatry, overmedicating, overdiagnosis, involuntary treatment, involuntary commitment
- Self-repairhealing, regeneration, recovery, restoration, renewal
- patient behaviorsadherence, noncompliance, follow-up, pill taking, doctor visits
- medical skepticismanti-vaccination, anti-vaccine, vaccine hesitancy, quackery, pseudoscience
self-diagnosismedical diagnosis
Identification of disease
clinical diagnosis · psychiatric evaluation · clinical assessment
self-diagnosisclinical examination
Doctor assessing patient directly
diagnostic testing · differential diagnosis · second opinion
self-diagnosisclinical evaluation
Systematic diagnostic examination process
self, diagnosis, selfless, diagnose, diagnostic, selfhood, diagnosing, undiagnosed, diagnostics