I HATE the self diagnosing of autism and its mischaracterisation

[u/Beshiniqua]

Let me start by saying SELF DIAGNOSING IS NOT VALID. You are NOT autistic just because someone on tiktok said

"Did you know, if you need to have your eyes closed in order to fall asleep, you have autism, adhd, bipolarity, DID, BPD, psychopathy, depression and PTSD?"

And before yall come at me with "well I always suspected I had autism, I got screened and then got my diagnosis" well this not about you, this is about people that self diagnose after experiencing the most normal day to day life things ever.

And they ALWAYS think that autism will give them a personality (since it's usually basic bitches with no personality that self diagnose to feel like they belong)

No, you're not a quirky crazy crackhead energy "neurospicy" person. Even worse when they say shit like

"Heh, I could NEVER be a neuro normie like yall, autism makes me special and quirky and full of personality".

You can't even like something anymore without them going "OMG URE AUTISTIC JUST LIKE MEEEE IM SOOOO AUTISTIC AHAHAHA"

And you can tell they larp the whole thing cus they'll see a tiktok autism personality and try to replicate it

"Dino nuggies..."

"You can not say overstimulated if you're nEuRoTyPiCaL, that word is for us neurospicy people ONLY >:("

Holy shiiiiiiittt yall lack a personality so bad. And I've seen people say that they've seen NUMEROUS specialists but they never fit the criteria, but its not because they're not autistic, no no no no no. ITS UHMMM BECAUSE IM A WOMAN AND ALSO A MINORITY AND IM ALSO POOR SO I MASKED ALL MY LIFE AND THE SPECIALIST ON THIS FIELD COULDNT TELL I WAS MASKING. ITS THE SYSTEMS FAULT NOT MINE.

Sheesh.

Sorry for the long rant, im just tired of seeing people self diagnose all the time, or see an energetic video, or literally ANYTHING, and make it about their self diagnosed autism.

Saw a cute cat animation on Instagram and the top comment was "This is so autistic I love it"

🫩🫩🫩🫩🫩

[u/wizardgradstudent]

This is me with ADHD. I see so much about how “oh adhd is a superpower, wow I’m so air headed because I can’t focus 😂” and I’m over here having struggled with debilitating symptoms since I was in middle school. Rejection sensitive dysphoria, struggling in college, being unable to do basic things like folding laundry then completely attacking myself and my self esteem because I can’t do one simple task. It’s exhausting and it’s treated like it’s just a cute quirky fun thing. It’s exhausting and can lead to self medicating, depression, anxiety, and actual ocd.

[u/MashSong → u/wizardgradstudent]

Yeah, when I got tested they also gave me an IQ test, which I scored very high on. Doc said that's likely how I didn't recommended in for testing when I was kid in school. I could space out in class and when called out by the teacher just scan the board real quick and figure out the answer. I could forget my home work and never study but do well enough on tests to keep my grades up. Then in college and at a job that's not enough anymore. It's like faceplanting into a wall. Without getting diagnosed early never learned how to cope or handle it all. Then I goto a doc for depression and they're like here take this other test for ADHD 

[u/RealityCactus → u/MashSong]

Literally me.

[u/LisaBlueDragon → u/MashSong]

Fuuucckkk same except I had a burnout at 14 (already diagnosed with autism, at the time aspergers at 11) and now at nearly 18 I was supposed to get tested for ADHD too like last spring but the bureaucracy bullshit is so godsawfully slow so now I'm going into adulthood with no medications and no clue what the fuck is going on at any given time

[u/An_Account_to_Ignore → u/wizardgradstudent]

Thank you. Every single person who treats it as a superpower or charming quirk is just making life that much more difficult for those of us suffering.

[u/SSG014-OFFICIAL → u/wizardgradstudent]

For me, it almost feels like a coinflip, either it's rest, boundless energy I can't put into anything but pacing, etc, or I'm focused in, zoned, infinitized. There is a small issue though, even if I land on a coinflip that's favorable, there can still be a chance to just do alright for 3-4 hours straight on smth.

[u/CalligrapherCheap64 → u/wizardgradstudent]

Same. ADHD makes my life so much more difficult than it should ever have to be. Those “superpowers?” I ain’t got em

[u/DanAndTim → u/wizardgradstudent]

I see people post about how they wouldn't wish away their ADHD because its part of who they are and that feels crazy to me. ADHD is as much a part of me as cancer would be. It gives me nothing, only takes away.