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awetistic-things · 1 year

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you are valid !!!

#you dont need a diagnosis to be autistic #you’re valid no matter what #autism #autistic #actually autistic #asd #autism spectrum disorder #on the spectrum #autistic things #autistic problems #autism problems #autism meme #autistic meme

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swordsonnet · 11 months

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self-proclaimed radical leftists: in the communist utopia that exists only in my head, everyone will work, by which i mean a full-time job in the post-industrial revolution sense. this is because work is obviously the only way one can contribute to society, and everyone who doesn't work is a parasite that will be eradicated in my Communist Utopia™. i don't even care about the products or purpose of people's labour because, as everyone knows, employment equals morality and so having a job is inherently virtuous and not having a job makes you a lazy leech who doesn't deserve to live. trust me, this is a very communist idea. i'm practically an expert because i read 1.5 tweets about marx.

what? omg why are you making this about disability, i was obviously talking about normal people 🙄 if you're disabled, you have an excuse to be a useless waste of resources who can't contribute anything 😊 in my ✨ Communist Utopia ✨, you don't have to work if you're not able to. don't worry, we'll have rigorous and dehumanising tests to determine if you're disabled enough or if you're just a lazy faker! this process is infallible and has no drawbacks whatsoever for disabled people. have you considered that maybe you're the real ableist for criticising me? 🤔 anyway, have i mentioned how much i love employment and also the taste of boot leather

#so many internet 'leftists' are actually just deeply reactionary if you look even a millimeter below the surface #and it clearly shows in their complete refusal to treat disabled people as even remotely human #anyway if someone needs to disclose their diagnosis to you for you to treat them with even a modicum of respect #then you dont respect disabled people at all. period.#just as mocking people for being harmlessly weird is always wrong and not just when you know for a fact theyre autistic #you can't just act like having a job is the only way to contribute to society and then go 'but it's okay if you're disabled'#because you're still saying that we're useless. and going 'okay but you cant help it' is not as supportive as you might think #disability #ableism

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jonny-b-meowborn · 5 days

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I go to this support group thingy every tuesday, I love it, the therapist there and most of the people are super sweet, but last week I had. idk. and unpleasant one, I guess. I brought up my concerns about my skin picking disorder, and while I'm not diagnosed with anything I used the word dermatillomania, because I just know the name for that disorder and I'm pretty sure that's it. and the therapist mostly just dismissed it saying that everyone sometimes feels anxious and picks their skin or nails about it. I tried explaining that it's not just that, it happens all the time and on multiple occasions I gave myself an infection from picking skin, but her main giveaway was that I need to think about what makes me stressed and try to do something about it. and then she kinda went on this small, mostly lighthearted rant about youth these days self diagnosing with everything because they hear it on tik tok or whatever. and idk, the therapist is a genuinely lovely lady, so that was weird to hear her be so dismissive about this. I definitely am going to bring my skin picking with my psychologist or psychiatrist if I don't forget tho. it's getting real bad recently and I think I need some professional help with it lmao

#for example.#a few weeks ago I gave myself an infection trying to remove some tiny blackhead because I dug in that spot so much #or a few days ago my brain decided it would be a good idea to try to remove a mole i have with tweezers #it's not infected but still i gave myself a nasty wound for literally no reason #or something that i did mention in group therapy #how a few weeks ago i stepped on a tiny piece of glass #and i did manage to dig it out but the feeling was so satisfying that for a moment i genuinely considered stepping on more glass on purpose #and the therapist was like well it's normal that it feels good when you get a foreign object out of your body #and like. yea that's true but i dont think people then feel the genuine need to walk on glass just to have more stuff to dig out #and like sorry but i don't think self diagnosing is bad #sometimes it can direct you to a specialist for a real diagnosis or just general help #like in my case #if i didn't research autism for a few years and didnt suspect i might be autistic i wouldn't go to therapy and get antidepressants #guh. sometimes therapists suck even when normally they're great #bee buzz

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laketoriver · 7 months

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Daymn, allegedly according to tumbkr i have posted 100 times. Wowie. Too bad they’re all liars and owe me big money (i’m too serious)

not even lying which is the worst part. Anyway it’s late have a “poster” of my “blog au” which “technically” “exists” and uh “yeah”. It exists but like i haven’t posted anything i might one day if i figure out how to format it but idk if y’all would like smthn like that lmk.. Au blogs steal my heart you guys are cuties

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perenlop · 7 months

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SCREAMING. i just looked up an old ableist bully of mine cause id been reminded of her and i was curious AND SHES A SOCIAL WORKER??????

#SHES LITERALLY THE MEME!!!!!!! shes literally liking posts like ''be kind... you dont know whats happening in someones personal life''#girl you put a trans girl you befriended on blast purely to mock and berate her for entertainment WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?????#not her also being in shit like best buddies and a daycare worker you need to be in JAILLLLLL #''uwu be kind to autistic people'' you literally cut me off as an acquaintance when u learned my brothers diagnosis #and then treated me like i was contagious and frequently used the r slur on me and shit #god. i hope someone reports her tbh she should not be in that line of work lmao

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alltimewhat · 6 months

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being a schizophrenic th fan genuinely fucking sucks more than anything ever

#the way the Entire fanbase treats someone who is (supposedly) schizophrenic is fucking exhausting #TO BE CLEAR: i dont view it as like. an excuse for actions etc etc #but the fact that i feel the need to clarify that says enough about the way the fanbase acts about it #no a schizospec diagnosis (if thats what it even is) does not excuse grooming kids. believe it or fucking not.#and it also doesnt make someone inhuman or impossible to communicate with #and also you dont have to “save” or “fix” a grown man who needs an actual real world support system #that DOESNT JUST EXCUSE HIS ACTIONS (matt)#and ESPECIALLY you dont have to brute force send messages to him through weird and unusual channels that would like #very easily be seen as fucking threatening and scary to a schizospec person. if i had an account and a stranger was fucking #uploading shit to my account through a loophole to send me a message i would be freaking the fuck out #it would absolutely induce an episode #it just astounds me like. how a fanbase that is full of people who are like. autistic adhd etc etc. just absolutely refuses to treat #schizophrenia with respect or the care it deserves #also its even more frustrating seeing another schizospec person ALSO treating him like a zoo animal+studying him like a lab rat #just ignore the fucking guy block his account stop giving hiim attention stop talking about him #he uses the attention you give him to do the shit he does that ends up hurting people #can you people just acknowledge schizospecs as human and also use your fucking brain and stop interacting

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mossy-rot · 9 months

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not diagnosed autistic at the doctor, not diagnosed autistic by family, but a secret third thing (diagnosed by like 5 autistic people at an escape room and this is the second year in a row i've had a job and someone i work with has told me i might have autism and i'm starting to see a pattern)

#mossy's rambles #luci's rambles #text post #what is a creature to do about this #(ignore it until it becomes a problem later in life)#(especially bc my parents refuse to believe anything to that effect)#my dad might but his conclusion was 'you're not autistic. maybe a little. but you dont need a diagnosis'#these are things people say to me

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convoloutedinjoke · 1 year

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"is ADHD real or have we made another category to encompass freaks and sick people who don't fit neatly into any personality disorder diagnoses and make too much eye contact for autism?" longest thread on the DSM fandom boards, closed down after 1817168179 comments when one user got doxxed for calling another the r word. (answers yes btw)

#ohhhh the fighting that will occur over words and labels #why dont you have a little meth and see if it helps your depression/ptsd/autistic sociopathy then come back to me #“ADHD is made up everyone has it now” YES!!!! ITS ALL MADE UP!!!!!!#we are hurling language at the unknowable grey mass we call consciousness and seeing what sticks #as displayed above ^^^ (autistic sociopathy->ASD) these labels come and go and its always stupid and kind of annoying and reductive #mental illness and its categories are a tool of ontology #often used as a hammer to beat those in need of help #sometimes used as an excuse for evil #but always describing Something #if everyone is getting an ADHD diagnosis and you feel like its faddish and posery #maybe interrogate why other labels come off as more legit to you #if you are defensive of your newly acquired ADHD diagnosis for more than purely practical reasons #why?#why is it important to highlight it? is there something exclusive to having this diagnosis that gets you around certain hurdles?#and if not what is it doing for you?#im being fr here cause I definitely do this in some social contexts when I can tell ive hurt someones feelings or that they are annoyed #by me for reasons I cant suss out #but like. it doesn't work. theres no additional grace people will offer you for disclosing disability #and none that youre entitled to beyond what anyone else should get #which is not me saying “bootstraps it fucko”#its me saying “why focus on carving a space of understanding and compassion for a label when we should be busting down the wall?”#if its grace you want for something it should be grace for all of us #we're all tired and pathetic #none of us can meet the deadlines #ADHD is a useful way of measuring suffering under capital #same as most other long term diagnoses #it is a gateway to getting drugs that will keep you alive #it is also a measure of relative class privilege #(if you are doctor dxd)#and an avenue for discrimination

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unlovablereject · 9 months

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I'm going to tell all self diagnosed autistic people, I'm done talking this out with you.

You may have autism, but if you can't get tested, you can't get help for it officially.

Self diagnosis can be dangerous for people who actually do have autism. Excuse me for having nearly everyone in my life telling they are autistic and do not have a diagnosis. They actually do not have it, yet, their claims are stuck with us. You say you have issues like me? But you don't.

Imagine always feeling so stupid, because this flavor of the decade illness is constantly being thrown around by people who just want to be different.

If you can't afford a diagnosis, there again, is no point in you telling the world you are autistic. You will recieve no help or support without testing. Which, as an adult, will always cost you money.

Don't believe me? I worked in social work. I was the deciding factor most of the time if a child is supposed to be tested for a disorder.

I also have talked to all kinds of psyc professionals about this, self diagnosing autism does more harm to those around you, and does nothing to help yourself. You won't get medications, no. You pay for expensive therapy.

There is no point in hurting others, when there is literally no usefulness of self diagnosed autism.

Again you will not recieve any support or extra help, since, they need a paper diagnosis to prove it...

So...

My claim stands,

Do not self diagnose autism.

If you really are autistic, you would need a diagnosis on paper, by a professional to get help.

This is also coming from someone diagnosed with asbergers type autism, semi-verbal, and has issues from learning, social skills, and no emotional control.

You know what it's like to have people all around you claim to have autism, they don't, but it still hurts you. They said they had you'll diagnosis. They said they were like you. Why are they able to do things in a NT manner? Why do you claim to have no tone control, but you actually do.

I get depressed, we all do. We feel why are we so stupid.

Yes, I am well aware there is a spectrum of autism. But there is also a base diagnosis, which is what gets you tested in school.

Why are you so willing to hurt people just to give yourself a diagnosis that will never be any benefit to even you.

But go on. Self diagnose. I hope you find it easy to sleep as you destroy the minds of actual autistic people.

Stop advocating for "self diagnosis" you are a plague. You tear people down and don't see or care because you want to be in that small group.

Just stop.

Autism sucks, autism is a life long thing. Autism is hard.

Honestly I don't care about how much money you have, WITHOUT AN OFFICAL DIAGNOSIS ALL YOU DO IS POTENTIALLY DAMAGE PEOPLE WITH ACTUAL AUTISM, THEIR ALRRADY LOW SELF ESTEEM.

Stop advocating for those who don't need it. I don't have anyone helping me, yet people making up diagnosis' get tons of attention.

Karma is a bitch.

#autism #actually autistic #rant about self diagnosed autism #you dont care about who you hurt you just need attention #without a real paper diagnosis its a useless claim #it will not help you in life #so stop #stop advocating self diagnosis #everyone who ive talked to who “is autistic” wasnt #its actually very clear

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xerospaced · 1 year

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Auditory overstimulation last night led to my first meltdown-

I was gonna say in months but I actually had one a few days ago pahaha but the first one in months caused by sensory overload (coz i thought i would have silence and didnt grab my buds or plugs and i did not have silence but hell). It was intense and horrible.

And today was just... so much sensory input. And I was struggling but I managed.

But... I've lost my water bottle. I never lose my water bottle. I've had it for years. It's the one I use every day.

I got in the uber on the way home, not two minutes later I realised I didn't have it. I feel... wrong. I feel sad. I am so uncomfortable and I don't like knowing I'm not gonna have it for the foreseeable future. I don't even know if they will find it at the place I was at coz I may have left it at a secondary location and I am just...

Nnnnnnnnngghhhhhhhh

I hate pile-up. Meltdowns and whatnot are bad enough. But if there's nothing in the following days I can at least recuperate. But I feel so volatile rn. And now that I've lost something that is an every day item in my life I feel incredibly... I dunno. Something between uncomfortable and unstable. Do not like 😭😭

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steampoweredskeleton · 7 months

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I feel like I'm at a point in mental health where CBT is no longer very helpful. Like I know what most of my problems are. I do things to challenge myself and challenge my way of thinking whenever I can. I actively make decisions and change my behaviour to ensure things don't get worse BC I know my symptoms and what can make them worse.

So now talking to this therapist doesn't help BC they just tell me what I already know. And give me tasks that I already know I need to do.

We had an interesting one today where she was like "you need to be able to identify your emotions" and I was like "yes, I know, I try to break them down based on physical response BC I can't really read my emotions" to which she said "you need to be able to identify them, and not concentrate on the physical response". We went in this cycle for a few minutes, after which she said "can you read other people's emotions?". I, stupidly thinking that maybe she was getting it that I am autistic (I know it's on my chart) and can't do that, told her no.

My homework for this week is to make note of how I emotionally feel, not physically, and try to pay attention to the emotions of those around me.

So that's great. At this point I just need someone to help me plan my week so I can function better and THAT shit isn't available on the NHS!

#delete later #endlessly frustrating #doing cbt whilst being autistic is half about trying to explain things without the therapist lookinh at you like you have #three heads. and half about being actively gaslit and just going along with whatever they say #i just. its wild #i thought ut would change now i have an actual diagnosis but like they dont seem to bother with it anyway so #rhey still rolled out the old #you have a fear of uncertainty. we will fix that #my first ever therapist did great on my ocd but went in hard on the fear of uncertainty and i just got so upset #that i couldnt seem to do anything about it. yeah thats bc its a seperate disability. i dont blame thst lady #neither of us knew i was autistic. she did pretty damn good #its just a nightmare that cbt is thr only thing the nhs offers. abd for max 10 sessions #nothing gets done. and i just feel like im wasting nhs money and time eveb though im doing the good thing abd trying to get #help. and theres no like support like i would actually need. most of my anxiety and overwhelm come from not being able to #disect what i need to do abd put it into a plan. if i had that i would function so much better #but i dont. i have a lady who relates everything to dieting and tells me the same five sekf care things over abd over #the one plus is that she validates that mu childhood was shit. so thats nice that i dont feel like i made it up

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tezerenotameiki · 2 years

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#personal post in taga #tags #trying to go through the autism diagnosis process has easily been one of the most dehumanizing and humiliating experiences of my entire #life and i like so so close to just calling it off. i started in march i think and havent even seen a single #legitimate provider yet #anyways i did not need to be told today that because i would be sad if my friend was in a violent horrific car accident i therefore have #empathy and autistic people dont so you dont have it. give up your search #by my therapist #and what im reading is that that’s a misconception but she’s the professional and im so confused and honestly. man. what am i even doinggg #sorry. i just feel like im going insane! im going to become a hermit crab

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roseliatea26 · 2 years

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Taking social cluelessness to a new level. Currently googling how to text people and how to act natural at concerts

I’m not good with people

#one of the downsides of autism #I don’t understand social situations #I know most people don’t use tone indicators when texting but I basically require them but I’ve know this person since I was 10 weeks old #and they don’t know about my diagnosis so it feels awkward to tell them that I need the #to start texting in a different way #also trying to make it sound like I’m enthusiastic but not too enthusiastic that it’s creepy and not too little to the point where it’s dry #if we talk irl and you think I’m a dry texter now you know why!#also concerts #how do you act at one #I’m going with a friend but they’re also on the spectrum so it’s not like I can copy of them #and basically everyone who likes this band is also autistic so basically I have no neurotypical people to copy #aahagaggaagagaggafagagagafaahaggaha #WHY DO PEOPLE EXIST AND WHY ISBT THERE ALSO I LITTLE ‘HOW TO’ GUIDE FOR LITTERALLY EVERY SOCISL AIRUATION #AND DONT SAU GOOGLE BECUASE IT ISNT HELPFUL #OKAY #rant over #sorry anyone who ends up reading all of this

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painted--constellations · 2 years

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talking to people about demonized mental illnesses (specifically cluster b's) is so fucking stressful.

#no one is a monster just because of their diagnosis man #and no elon musk is not evil because he is autistic!!! hes just a shitty person!!!#and 'psychopaths' do not get off on hurting people??? that's a masochist #and even then its much more complicated than that and you cant pretend to understand #people are just shitty sometimes #we dont need to label them with disorders that real people actually have #we have a label that works perfectly. it's 'shitty' lmfao

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neonvqmpire · 2 years

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https://open.spotify.com/track/0frg99CmmIkDNRm15gMoGY?si=f1lPiVkpTGm6C1QS9qFyTA

how can you put so much transgender in a song that isn't about transgender

#this is my favourite song #probably #it's just will wood my beloved #i headcanon this song being about a trans afab enby needing a dysphoria diagnosis to get treatment but the psychiatrist is constantly #gaslighting and not believing them #saying being nb isn't a real thing etc #it's like a back and forth conversation between those characters #'if our harmonies dont sync we can change our voices A chorus on condition of our diagnosis'#'layer after layer to get off our chests'#'a little identity never hurt nobody but lately you've been focusing to much on yourself'#'doctor could you run another test. I got the feeling that this time i might just pass it'#'you're not your thoughts you're not your brain. you're just the character you've made'#'up in your head down in your heart what seem like seperate body parts come together to believe they're you and not just chemistry'#'it's not the way that you were raised or what the advertisement say'#alternatively it can be about being autistic/adhd and needing a diagnosis but the psychiatrist not believing you and movking you #will wood #the normal album #Spotify

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lixbf · 2 years

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ok but it was super funny today when my sister asked me to kinda explain some autistic traits and at the end she just said "so do you have autism?" 💀

#like yes autism with a sprinkle of adhd would explain a lot about me imo but girl how do you know that #sure i literally cant stand 90% of soups bc of the consistency and i cant eat food if theres too much sauce #and sure friendships dont really deteriorate over time to me so meeting friends from school now is only awkward bc they make it awkward #and i always gotta make sure that even when i know ppl are jokingly mispronouncing an english word that they know the right pronunciation #and yeah i could probably eat the same three to four meals for the rest of my life #and i cant stand clothes that are either too loose or too tight and my fingernails always need to be rly short #and yea when i was into hp i knew the names of basically every character by heart and a fuckton of the spells too #and theres a few specific subjects that i know a weird amount of stuff about #but why would anyone ever think im autistic lol #at this point i should probably get a diagnosis but germany is weird with autism and idek how youre supposed to go abt getting a diagnosis

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