#anyone who is self diagnosed?
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snekatiemainy · 4 months ago
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'disability fakers dni' ok bye
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lacunazai · 7 months ago
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the disorder faking in this generation is genuinely wild. like.
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raaorqtpbpdy · 6 months ago
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I’ve never been particularly interested in self-insert fic, nor had any desire to write one (no judgement or anything, if you do, more power to you; it’s just not for me), but watching House MD as a disabled person who’s gone through six doctors and three years trying to get a diagnosis from people who are content to treat a symptom without ever investigating the underlying cause is filling me with a great desire to write a self-insert where House calls all my previous doctors morons and figures out in the span of a week what no one else has come close to in three years.
That would be very cathartic, I think. Only problem is I don’t actually know what I have and therefore what his conclusion would be, because all my doctors have been focused on treating one single symptom (to no effect) rather than figuring out what’s actually wrong.
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proudfreakmetarusonikku · 1 month ago
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all the robotniks have autism I think. it’s not even a genetic thing half of them are adopted they’re just all autistic
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deservedgrace · 5 months ago
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they should invent a doctor that is competent and listens to patients
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pollen · 2 months ago
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i've been diving a lot deeper into adhd symptoms and comorbidities and misdiagnoses and whenever i tell my boyfriend something i learned that sounds like me he responds with something like
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#idk he knows me more than anyone bc i can't hide the parts i'm ashamed of from him#last night he was like. yeah EYE think you have adhd but i'm just some guy#idk i'm excited about this not because i want to be Quirky for internet reasons. yknow. but bc i've felt like an impostor of a human being#and i have no sense of self and i can't get myself to do basic tasks and the thought of doing something i don't want to do#genuinely makes me want to throw up/my brain shuts down/i can't think or talk or function to the point where i can't work.#so i can't support myself. so i feel terrible about myself. and i've been in and out of therapy for 20 years and have numerous diagnoses#that have never really felt like they fully encapsulate what's going on. and like. i've kinda just internalized that i'm not as good at#being a person as everyone else because i struggle so so much. like yeah i did well in school but i had to sacrifice literally everything#else to do that. idk how everyone else is managing to have a job and hobbies and friends#i get to pick like. one now. i used to be able to juggle everything to some degree although i felt like i was being careless in all areas#except school. i'm so scared of making mistakes or starting anything or talking to new people or trying new hobbies#because i know it won't interest me more than a couple weeks MAX and i'll feel listless and restless again#and i've come to understand this as part of who i am at my core. i'm just someone who can't commit and isn't reliable or a good friend#i just want so badly for that not to be the case because i want so badly to not be stuck like this#idk im going home to talk to my dad this weekend and just rest because i'm really really not doing well#which is why i'm scrambling to try to figure out what's going on with me because idk how much longer i feasibly can do this#and i might be moving back to the pnw bc therapists in pa don't work with medicaid#and no psychiatrists near me are taking new patients. and i can't work to get on private insurance. but therapists in or do work w medicaid#so idk. again if youre diagnosed w adhd and this sounds not like someone who is consuming social media brain rot content about adhd#but rather someone whose experiences you identify with. please let me know. please please#i am reaching out to professionals also but things move slowly and i'm trying to compile evidence so i don't sound like i'm making it up
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pixlmonkeys · 12 days ago
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I say this with the deepest sense of hatred imaginable, fuck this article
#‘read more’ no I don’t think I will#hey google why was this a recommended article. wanna tell me why that is. wanna tell me why you thought I’d like this shit#there’s a difference between an opinion piece and literal ableism lmao fuck you man#this especially hits a nerve for me because I was a quote unquote snobby kid who was really just autistic#yeah hate to break it to you but I wasn’t locking myself in my room everyday and destroying things and screaming because I was bored#it was because I had debilitating anxiety and sensory overload that I didn’t understand or know how to deal with#pretty funny how the ‘snobby’ behavior stopped almost the second I got on meds and learned coping skills. huh. interesting#actually fuck this by the way this makes me so angry I can’t even verbalize it#yes there are kids who are just Being Kids. but ever stop to consider that maybe they’re going through something they can’t verbalize#saying that autistic behaviors are bratty is So fucking damaging. ppl will internalize it and turn that stress towards themselves#meltdowns that would’ve otherwise been outward get internalized and start self destructive behavior#my fucking source? points at myself#and using the term ‘functioning’ also pisses me the hell off#yeah I’m ‘high functioning’ until I’m Not and I can’t talk or move#also Nobody is just handing out autism diagnoses left and right to random kids who are defiant sometimes#my brother in Christ I would like to see a source for that. where’s the proof that this is happening other than rising autism rates#fuck you fuck you and most importantly actually just plain fuck you#I’ve been treated like shit by total strangers because I have selective mutism. that shit is traumatic#I wasn’t fucking Misbehaving when an old fuck starting publically yelling at me and berating me because I didn’t say hi back to him#I wasnt being ‘defiant’ when I could barely leave my fucking room for weeks afterwards and had panic attacks every fucking day#why the fuck would anyone let this article be published#tw ableism#so sorry for not being ladylike! it’s not the Victorian era you dipshit! I’m not trying to be rude I am autistic#but apparently autism doesn’t work like that so oh ok I guess I’m just a bad person. thanks for confirming my suspicions
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caffeinatedopossum · 2 years ago
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I'm starting to feel like bpd is actually just what happens when there's an overlap between adhd, ptsd, and depression- which I think is much more common than physciatrists think
I have a lot of theories but also like I need to do way more research on this before assuming things because I know this is already a greatly stigmatized disorder and I don't want to erase anyone's experiences or make it worse.
#i have adhd ptsd and depression myself#and im not sure if physciatrists are misunderstanding (ima be honest ive lost a lot of my faith in them for stuff like this) again#or if its just a coincidental overlap in the presentation of the conditions#it would honestly make a lot of sense to me though#a lot of physciatrists and therapists agree that bpd is a trauma disorder#it almost feels like what happens if you recieve the trauma that would cause DID (i have DID as well) but#but either at an older age or without the necessary capacity for dissociation required#the reason i say adhd is because the link between adhd and depression seems heavily overlooked#not to mention the effects of adhd in adulthood#given that bpd is a trauma disorder im guessing a lot of people with the condition were neglected by their parents to some degree#not necessarily all but enough that adhd symptoms in childhood would go undiagnosed#and once youre an adult its much harder to get a diagnosis#youre more likely to be diagnosed with things like depression and bipolar disorder#because its gone on so long that its sort of metastasized into more har.#*more harmful conditions#i could be totally wrong about the adhd thing#i just think that its unacceptable how ineffective the treatments are for it#feel free to tell me about your experiences with the condition if you have bpd#that includes self diagnosed people too btw. anyone with bpd#i know a lot of people who suffer needlessly because doctors are incompetent so im just really passionate about this
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linabirb · 5 months ago
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actually find it kinda insane how my 75 y/o grandma explained to me the plot of this show she was watching where the protagonist has autism and she was talking about it and she was like "she reminds me of you so much" and i was like "oh haha yeah um. well i don't know i could be autistic but i'm not sure" and she just looked at me and nodded and was like "yeah you could be"
meanwhile my mom literally said to my face "no you can't be autistic because you actually do talk to people and don't isolate yourself" BUT SHE'S THE ONE WHO'S MAKING ME TALK TO THEM AND NOT ISOLATE MYSELF 😭😭
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you know i always think i don't have a problem with taking things literally bc i love symbolism and figurative language like in stories but then i remember the top thing that gets me in trouble/people annoyed with me at work is that i have a hard time following instructions correctly, for example the other day lead teacher asked me to "check the laundry" and i had to make it two trips because in the moment I didn't know whether she wanted me to cycle out the machines if they were done or not. Also the "pour the cross contaminated tomato sauce in the sink" incident but that was a bit more high stakes LOL.
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snaggletoothedbastard · 1 year ago
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fun little autistic experiences that i have sometimes
in honour of finishing the autism assessment process and being told that I've basically confirmed everything they already knew :)
(disclaimer: not all of these are fun)
I want to make breakfast because I've been up for an hour and all I've eaten is medicine but I can't go in the kitchen because it smells of cat food
some dickhead just made fun of me and I'm so angry that I'm physically shaking but I'm in school and I can't have a meltdown so I'll just hit my legs really hard
I need to listen to Touch-Tone Telephone and jump around right now
strawberry-flavoured medicine has completely ruined the taste of strawberries for me
I don't know why I copied what you said I just did it automatically I'm so sorry
what do you mean you don't have a favourite word?? anyway mine is brackets
for the last time, I'm not angry, I'm just tired and have very little control over my face and voice
huh all my friends seem to really understand me and I actually have a lot in common with them ... oh wait they're autistic too aren't they
I accidentally left my weighted blanket at my grandparents' house and didn't realise until we got home and I am going to cry
I know what most of the Facial Expressions are supposed to mean when a neurotypical uses them but the thing is you are not using the Facial Expressions the way you have taught me they are meant to be used so I have no idea what you are feeling
screaming is fun actually
my shoes must be a full size too big because I need to be able to move my toes
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hollowedskin · 10 months ago
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Love the fucking reasoning of ableists.
Oh yeah do you go to the doctor because you're feeling great with no problems? No you go because you're having fucking symptoms and you think you have the flu by deductive reasoning, and want that either confirmed or denied (and correctly diagnosed) based on the information you give and the doctor being your official expert on questions about health.
Why is it suddenly different for neurodivergency? Nobody goes to a therapist because they have no issues and aren't being impacted in their lives. Fuck OFF.
a while ago i attended this lecture on autism. guy in the audience said he had many of the symptoms that were presented and asked what should he do to get treatment and possibly a diagnosis. instead of answering his question the psychologist went on a tangent about how “the clinic reigns all powerful over guesswork”, and how actually it has become a trend amongst little children on the internet to claim that they are autistic for cool points, and that this hurts real autistic people. no she didn’t tell him how to get his symptoms looked into, she just made it very clear that to her, aknowledging your own symptoms is bad and evil and hurts the poor real mentally ill people.
an ex-friend of mine, then a psychology major and by now probably a full psychologist, once lectured me on how horrible and bad it was that i told her “i probably have some sort of neurodivergency”, and that if i were her patient she would never give me a diagnosis because “you aren’t like this now, but i know that if you get a diagnosis you’ll use it as an excuse to start treating people badly. that’s just how mentally ill people are.”
same ex-friend was extremely disgusted when she found out that fans sometimes make neurodivergency headcanons for characters that have the same symptoms as they do, and that authors sometimes write books with neurodivergent protagonists in stories that don’t focus on that (ex: she seemed horrified that percy jackson has adhd?)
multiple psychologists i’ve seen on facebook agree that they should refuse to treat patients that say “i’m here because i have symptoms of a disorder and wonder if i have it”, and that a patient should arrive to a psychologist as a blank slate.
school psychologist asked me how i was feeling about my trauma situation and i told him i thought my friends would leave me. instead of addressing the issue he said that that no i didn’t, that i was lying, that i had searched “bpd symptoms” online and now i was faking symptoms because i wanted to have bpd, that he shouldn’t have told me he suspected i had a personality disorder because now look what was happening. no, i didn’t search bpd symptoms online. yes, my friends left me, it was a completely founded belief and not a symptom, let alone a faked symptom.
so the next time you hear someone saying they’re “anti self-diagnosis” i want you to understand what they’re saying. what they’re saying is:
- i don’t want people to be aware of their own symptoms
- i don’t think my patients should have access to any information that doesn’t come from me
- i don’t think neurodivergent people should learn how to cope with their symptoms and live “normal” lives
- i think neurodivergent people should be denied a diagnosis because the moment they get one they will become evil and dangerous
- i don’t think people who don’t look like a stereotype could possibly be neurodivergent, even if they have all the symptoms, so i think they are faking it for attention and should be denied treatment
#pro self dx#i dont fucking care if someone wants to say they have cptsd for cool points or whatever#i dont beleive that person exista#because guess who was researching ptsd for a fiction idea im highschool and got read for dead by the fucking symptoms list#like no one WANTS debilitating symptoms and fucking#ableism and discrimination and being treated like you cant make your own decisions any more#anyone who does decide to do that for kicks probably has somethint ELSE going on!#theyre looking for help!#neurodivergent folk arent not self aware#im.so fucking aware#a good psych will be pleased that you are self aware enough to go 'hey my auditory hallucinations are getting bad i think im headed#in a bad way soon#can we schedule more appointments/a stay in hospital now before it becomes a crisis“#they fucking love that. they love not having to watch you fall to peices first#they love not having to lead you to the idea that you might not be going well because thats fucking progress babey!#a good psych doesnt demonise certain diagnoses#a good psych doesnt refuse to see certain diagnoses based on steriotyping#a good psych works WITH you#and a good psych and any good doctor#doesnt have a fucking god complex about having to be the all and only source of information#when i thought i might have narcolepsy my psych said#i think its fatigue but sure ill write you a referral and we can cross it off the list if that will help you#it was fatigue#but it did help#the idea of having the problem be fixable with medication was something i needed to check out#and he knew that was important to the acceptance process for me#and i now know i can trust him with thinfs like that#anyway#i wish i could photocopy my psychiatrist and my wonderful GP snd give everyone a copy so they would be treated well and respectfully
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zoology · 4 months ago
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king-of-havoc · 3 months ago
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Man, I'm too tired to spiral. I'm already in a depressive episode, I don't need to start worrying if I have some sort of OCD right now
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lesfruitsdores · 8 months ago
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I don't understand the belief that we should listen to teenagers because they are so "enlightened". They're not smarter, they just feel no shame and believe they have it all figured out because they haven't been on this earth for enough time to know how little they know. They're dumb as shit and don't know more than the rest of us old hags. It's silly to me that every teenager with a twitter account thinks they are MLK or Rosa Parks.
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sistersorrow · 9 months ago
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I think this partly stems form how Reddit just kinda doesn't like the idea of people being neurodivergent?
Like, in a lot of really big subreddits, if you talk about being nd, a lot of people by default will simply assume you're self-diagnosed and lying for clout, so even when there is definitely something up with you, a lot of people on Reddit just brush it off as a personality quirk
the way people on reddit talk about being an introvert is like the reverse of people on tiktok talking about being autistic. the redditors actually have an issue and don't know it
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