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all neurodivergant and mentally ill people please respond!

A good chunk of disorders and disorder categories have on-going debates in the field of psychology. As the ND community, we tend to pressure eachother to all follow the same theories and are discouraged from finding multiple theories plausible.

Do you believe that every disorder should have one singular definition of symptoms and one singular explanation? Do you think there is room exceptions to a disorder or should any exception count as a separate disorder? There are often categories for people who have a disorder but experience it in an atypical way. Do you think these people shouldn't voice their experiences as much as those with the typical symptoms?

I'll shorten these into two questions, actually.

Do you believe diagnoses to be a tangible fact of reality or just the closest possible description of & explanation for someone's symptoms?

Do you believe our community would benefit from enforcing a unanimous definition for each disorder or would it be better for definitions to remain loose and flexible?

Poll answers:

Diagnoses are a fact of reality; each diagnoses should have a unanimous definitions

Diagnoses are a fact of reality; diagnosis definitions should be loose and flexible

Diagnoses are a fact of reality; I have another idea for diagnosis definitions

Diagnoses are a theorized explanation; diagnoses should have a unanimous definition

Diagnoses are a theorized explanation; disgnoses should be loose and flexible

Diagnoses are a theorized explanation; I have another idea for diagnosis definitions

I have another idea for what a diagnosis is; definitions should be loose and flexible

I have another idea for what a diagnosis is; defintions should be unanimous

I have another ides for what a disgnosis is and how to define them

Results

Okay let me try to word this in a simple way bc this is very long!

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a blog for polls for people with AvPD or AvPD traits. anyone may submit a poll but only people with AvPD or AvPD traits may answer.

inspired by @npd-polls @szpd-polls and @bpd-polls

polls are limited to 12 options and 80 characters per option. if a submitted poll includes an option for those without AvPD it will be omitted. i would prefer if submissions did not include a "see results" option, you can wait for the poll to end to see the results if it doesn't apply to you. "see results" options sometimes heavily skew the results and i don't want to have a poll where most of the answers are just people who want to see the results.

this blog supports people with any and all PDs, including cluster B PDs. asks that contain wording such as "narcissistic abuse" or that otherwise demonize any disorders will be deleted. asks misusing words like "narcissist", "delusional", "sociopath", etc. will also be deleted.

i reserve the right to reword given options to be more inclusive of queer people, including but not limited to polyam, aro, and ace folks.

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Is it okay to send in polls about current discourse happening within the feild of psychology amongst professionals? I'd like to know what actual neurodivergant people think about these discourses!

Go ahead!!

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for those with personality disorders that aren't cluster B. do you ever wish your cluster had the same levels of attention as cluster B? not nessecarily the same type of attention (theyre very stigmstized), but just that more people knew about your cluster?

yes

unsure

no, I don't want it to be well-known

no, I already think it's well-known

results / non-pd

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Here's a poll. Autistic people; do you see the way you interact/view the world as the logical way to interact/view it? As in, do you feel like the world (not just autistic people) would fair better if everyone had the same social/boundary preferences as you and communicated them the same way as you do?

Yes, the autistic way would be healthier for allistics

Yes, the autistic way could really benefit allistics in some aspects

Yes, but because of the therapy I've gone through and not because I'm autistic

Yes, but for another reason and not because I'm autistic

Unsure

No, it might be helpful but they ultimately know themselved best

No, something thats healthy/natural for autistic could feel unhealthy/unnatural for allistics

Results / not autistic

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Autistic people, how old were you when you were diagnosed?

▪︎ 3 or younger

▪︎ 4-7

▪︎ 8-12

▪︎ 13-17

▪︎ 18-24

▪︎ 25+

▪︎ Undiagnosed/self-diagnosed/peer-reviewed

▪︎ Other (?)

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level 1/low support needs autistics, do you consider yourself an aspie?

-yes (originally diagnosed w/ Asperger’s)

-no (originally diagnosed w/ Asperger’s)

-yes (never diagnosed w/ Asperger’s)

-no (never diagnosed w/ Asperger’s)

-not applicable / results

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bpd havers, is it ur only personality disorder?

-yes

-no, I have another cluster B disorder(s)

-no, I have a cluster A disorder(s)

-no, I have a cluster C disorder(s)

-no, I have multiple from different clusters

-not applicable / results

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if you're self diagnosed, do you want a professional diagnosis? and if you're professionally diagnosed, are you glad you got a professional diagnosis? (if you have multiple disorders, vote based on whichever one has the most interesting answer)

self dx, want a professional diagnosis

self dx, don't want a professional diagnosis

self dx, unsure if i want a professional diagnosis/feel neutral about it

professionally diagnosed, glad about it

professionally diagnosed, wish i wasn't

professionally diagnosed, unsure how i feel/neutral opinion

nuance/it's complicated/some answer i didn't include

see results button

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Autistic people: what's the empathy sitch?

I have no empathy

I have low, but still some, empathy

I have (to the best of my knowledge) typical empathy

I have high empathy

I have high/typical empathy in some situations and low/no empathy in others (ie, feel empathy for animals but not people, only feel empathy in fictional situations, etc)

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autistic people, do you have adhd?

adhd people, are you autistic?

-I’m autistic but I don’t have adhd

-I have adhd but not autism

-I have both

-result

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Anyone else with ocd or moral-based intrusive thoughts, do you guys gets any of these ones that I get?

What if this bathroom is a hallucination and I'm actually pissing my pants in public?

What if I zone out and start jerking off by accident? (In public)

What if I didnt wipe my ass well enough and everyone can smell me?

What if I'm actually a [evil person] who's in deep denial?

What if theyre social cueing at me that I'm creeping them out and I dont know?

What if this phrase has a secret sexual meaning that I dont know about?

What if theres a mindreader and theyre judging my intrusive thoughts?

What if I accidentally stutter and say a slur

What if I did something terrible and just don't remember?

Ok thanks byyyyeee

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Send in some neurodivergency-based polls you'd like us to create!

Mental illness and personality disorders are a part of neurodivergency! You can send in polls surrounding those topics!

Include no more than 12 options, be clear if you'd like a "see results" option

If any of the options are over 80 characters long, I may reword it

Extra things to consider

Polls surrounding the validity of identities, the validity of self diagnosis, and general discourse will most likely be ignored

If it is not ignored, I will be clear on why the exception was made

For more specific blogs, go to @npd-polls , @bpd-polls , @szpd-polls

Warning: I may not post often, but I will definitely so it atleast once a week.