Sorry man but this poll kind of makes me mad feel free to ignore me im sure the op meant no harm but it's like a representation of the stupid overtly tame generalization of mental illness that I see on this site sometimes, all of the main choices listed are all "positive" traits it just feels like. I dunno. For the most part I was never really truthfully considered mature for my age or a pleasure to have in class a lot of teachers hated me and made fun of me for my inattentiveness. when I was considered a "gifted kid" in elementary school it was only because I was just naturally analytical and had interest in dogs and read excessively about dogs and just in general talked A Lot and they just saw me reading a lot and ran with it but once they realized Oh I am actually stupid I was removed from the gifted program. Even when I was considered "gifted" and was offered to skip a grade it was decided it was best for me to stay where I was because "while I was book smart my social skills were developmentally behind" or whatever. These terms just feel catered towards those who were able to do well in school and blend in the best with normal people and the "other" option is just thrown in to acknowledge annoying bitches like me. Or maybe I'm reading to far into this but do you understand where I'm getting at

I continue to be bewildered by the internet's definition of intellectual giftedness. The gifted program in my underfunded, Deep Southern public school, as mandated by the state, requires three tests, including two different intelligence-based tests and an interview, as well as a recommendation by a teacher on the premise that the student is struggling in a traditional classroom environment based on behaviors that align with a specific diagnostic criteria. Gifted programs are funded through special education allocations.

Giftedness is not "you read fast and teachers in elementary school often praised you;" gifted education program coordinators train teachers that often it is the disruptive, struggling students who are intellectually gifted (I've watched several trainings since they became available online at the outset of the pandemic, and all emphasized that giftedness is not synonymous with academic talent or well-adjustment).

Giftedness is a form of neurodivergence, and y'all act as if the few accommodations that exist for it are the root of all intellectual stratification, and that a symptom of giftedness is middle school being harder than elementary school.

what is love! baby don't hurt me. don't hurt me. no more.

one of my controversial opinions is i won't stop using the word narcissist in a way its been used my whole life because of a psychiatric label/diagnosis that shouldn't be called that in the first place

i'm only on chapter 2 of Unmasking Autism by Devon Price, phd, but it's SO good, makes me go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it’s finally getting cold enough that i can bring my cardigan collection back into rotation without feeling like i’m gonna melt into a puddle the second i step outside!!!

Wait I’m 70% sure ocpd is a thing unless you meant it’s not real in the antipsych way not the literal way

i had no idea that was a thing i just used those words to avoid using the term obsessive compulsive disorder bc that’s not something i’ve been diagnosed with or feel like i can claim to have lol

Why do so many psychiatrists love to gaslight. Okay, Hannibal Lecture.

If I had a nickel for every time a psychiatrist straight up told me lies I would have too fucking many and that's a problem.

one day people will stop saying they have bpd just because they get "irrationally angry sometimes", but that day is not today, unfortunately for us all.

they say go to a psychiatrist or get therapy but what they don't tell you is that it's very hard to advocate for yourself especially when the thing working against you is yourself and it takes a long time to start making any kind of progress until you and your therapist or psychiatrist are on the same page on what your actual issues are. and sometimes you really need someone who is skilled and patient enough to help you even get to a point where you can articulate your own problems

(thinking abt talking to my psych) ahh hes probably right to doubt my previous diagnosis, the symptoms of which ive almost all dutifully concealed from him so he wont think im insane, im sure i just made it up for attention despite how i was in denial of it for years, and i actually just fooled the people who had me on watch 24/7 for a year and a half into thinking i had psychosis. (makes a list of present and past delusions to tell my psych about) oh wait this is crazy person stuff!

Can I just for a minute complain as someone dyslexic about how when I was young everyone would always be like "well look up the spelling in the dictionary"?

Just now, I go to type a word and I spell it something like "erevicobly", which is obviously wrong, but... no idea

Well, I throw it in the search engine* and find out it's irrevocably (didn't spell it right there either, but got it close enough spellcheck could fix it)

Now you might notice something here, which is if I'd looked it up in the dictionary, I wouldn't have found it, no matter how long and hard I searched, because I'd be looking under "er" not "ir"

So do you see why that advice made me mad as hell as a kid, and I stand by my feelings today?

*literally one of the few ways search engines are a blessing is being a really great way to find spellings

sry its just like rly incredibly annoying how much ppl will like. IDK. yes ik a lot of autistic and adhd ppl who do love music. and sometimes it is bc of their neurodivergence yk. music can be grounding its familiar its reliable and comfortable. i think its fine to say Autistic/ADHD ppl often find comfort in music. but its stupid as fuck to say Therefore enjoying music makes you autistic/adhd.

honestly i dont even think i care about putting any specific name to any particular diagnosis for myself at this time. brains disorder is brain disorders man. i just cant see how it would matter what specific ~name~ someone assigns to Your Problems, when targeting the symptoms is pretty much always gonna be the best course of action for all of them anyway.? like why not just skip the middleman and address the symptoms directly . wouldnt that be a better approach over "well you could have 'brainsdisorder', but you could also have elusive ''looks like brainsdisorder' disorder', so watch out! but thankfully, the treatments are similar" like huh whuh. why does that distinction even matter in the first place then. truly WHO give a shit

I wish my psychiatrist was more interested in actually listening to me than trying to prove that she's right about everything 🙃