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by saxonww 21 days ago
It's overblown _right now_ because this information is not broadly available. The fear is that pervasive access to this data would lead to e.g. you or your partner not getting insurance to pay for anything fertility-related, or you not getting hired for a job you want despite being otherwise qualified, or even that <insert authority> is less inclined to take you seriously because their perception of what schizoaffective means makes them think your perception of reality can't be trusted.

Of course if you just go tell everyone you are or are at high risk of being schizoaffective, you've done it to yourself. Not having a bad outcome yet doesn't mean that a bad outcome is not now more likely.

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I am homeless currently living with schizoaffective disorder (and OCD) by myself because no one wants to take care of people with mental illness so I have zero to lose.

My nephew died by suicide, I tried my mother and my brother tried. A whole family of pretty evident genes.