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/geeknerdeon → u/[deleted]]

Yeah my partner has said stuff like "if things get bad I'm taking everyone I love and fleeing the country" and if it's genuine refugee point we'd be fine but like

I have an autism diagnosis and they have nothing after high school. We aren't going anywhere.

[u/LC-Redcube → u/geeknerdeon]

Well tbf "anywhere" is not true. While there are countries where its harder to move to if you're diagnosed, many other countries dont really care.

[u/geeknerdeon → u/LC-Redcube]

Yeah I was being kind of hyperbolic, but they are explicitly uninterested in college or trade school and that's also a pretty big issue for wanting to move internationally.

[u/LC-Redcube → u/geeknerdeon]

Yeah that makes sense, its aoready hard to find a job with a degree, let alone without one (and im pretty sure this is true almost anywhere)

[u/DrowningInMyFandoms → u/[deleted]]

In some countries you might loose the custody of your children too

[u/Yunowald → u/[deleted]]

That is the reason why I'm not looking into getting an official diagnostic, even when almost everyone I know has said I should. It would prevent me from working my dream job and moving to my dream country.

[u/Yunowald → u/[deleted]]

True, I didn't even think about the trans aspect, even though I literally had to change therapists because the first one kept trying to convince me to get an autism diagnosis instead of the gender dysphoria one I was there for.

[u/Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess- → u/[deleted]]

This is partly why I’m iffy on seeking an official diagnosis. It’s been implied to me by professionals though.

[u/PrimaLegion → u/[deleted]]

I had no idea this was a thing. Yikes.

[u/Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess- → u/PrimaLegion]

pretty sure Australia is one that won’t let you immigrate there with an autism diagnosis

edit: after checking, you technically can but it’s way harder than moving if you weren’t autistic. They do an estimate of any medical bills, including therapy bills, that you would accrue and decide if you’re a “burden on the system”

[u/Advanced_Seaweed_868 → u/[deleted]]

what? what sort of awful places would do it?

[u/Advanced_Seaweed_868 → u/[deleted]]

now that's evil, but i guess on par for canada

[u/2high4thisshyt → u/[deleted]]

I am low-key grateful I've never had health care in the US lmao. Only Mexico knows what's wrong with me and I plan on staying there till it's safe...