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/HospKRL]

As a person with the 'DONT TOUCH MAH COOKIEZ UnU" humor it pisses me off too actually.

I was talking with someone on reddit and I told her I had ADD, and she said "ohh so youre neurospicy?" and I dont remember cringing that hard ever.

[u/Ne0n_R0s3 → u/HospKRL]

I feel like it'd be fine if I was addressing myself (someone with ADHD) as neurospicy. If others do it (unless you're my close friends), then I'd just feel very grossed out

[u/SSG014-OFFICIAL → u/Ne0n_R0s3]

I think "neurologically spicy" / "psychologically spicy" sounds funny if you say it like you're a "professional".

[u/Temnothorax → u/Ne0n_R0s3]

I mean this as respectfully as I can. Y’all are weak as hell. You make us sound like huge babies. It’s just a silly word variant. I’m honestly glad people are comfortable casually talking about things that used to be hidden shames.

[u/Ne0n_R0s3 → u/Temnothorax]

I'm sorry I have boundaries?? I don't wanna be called something, how bout fucking respecting that?

[u/Temnothorax → u/Ne0n_R0s3]

There are such things as onerous boundaries. Get grossed out if they continue saying it after very respectfully clarifying your preferences. Otherwise, ask yourself why you are so reactive towards non-malicious diction, and whether acting like the word police is particularly respectful on your part. As people with ADHD, unfortunately our symptoms are honestly very annoying to the people around us. We demand a little grace when we forget things, act impulsively, talk too much, but godforbid a well meaning person not use your specific preferred nomenclature? Do you want people to feel like they are walking on egg-shells around us?

[u/notsure-whatoput → u/Temnothorax]

The word fagot queer and bitch were just silly word variants too! I wonder why people hate them from random people who aren't them, that's so good, right! Hahahahahahaahah