There are words that are used as scientific terms in one way and differently by common people. The fact that someone doesn’t use the word as it is used in science doesn’t mean that the information they’re trying to communicate is not important. It’s necessary to use empathy to be able to understand even those people who use words differently from how they’re used in your bubble.
It’s not gatekeeping, it’s a medical definition.
What’s so hard to understand about that?
You’re not OCD because you sorted Skittles by color once either.
There are words that are used as scientific terms in one way and differently by common people. The fact that someone doesn’t use the word as it is used in science doesn’t mean that the information they’re trying to communicate is not important. It’s necessary to use empathy to be able to understand even those people who use words differently from how they’re used in your bubble.