> Awareness, transmission, what precisely is the difference?
In the first one you see issues in yourself or someone else that you learn later match some diagnosis. In the second one you gain those issues that you didn't have earlier. I've been diagnosed and improved my life exactly because enough people discussed some symptoms that I could say "hey, that's the same as my problems! (that existed for decades before)"
I'm sure you could gain some issues, and empathic illnesses are a thing. But disregarding the difference here would be harmful.
In the first one you see issues in yourself or someone else that you learn later match some diagnosis. In the second one you gain those issues that you didn't have earlier. I've been diagnosed and improved my life exactly because enough people discussed some symptoms that I could say "hey, that's the same as my problems! (that existed for decades before)"
I'm sure you could gain some issues, and empathic illnesses are a thing. But disregarding the difference here would be harmful.