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Neurodivergent 6d
my most unwoke opinion is i take self diagnosers with a grain of salt im sorry
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Anonymous 6d

I think it’s fine to take it with a grain of salt as long as you’re not being a dick about it. In the end it’s not really anyone’s business what someone is diagnosed with so it never mattered that much anyway

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Anonymous 6d

Yes i understand professional diagnosis are a privilege and not everyone is safe enough/has the money to do that but pls be fr how are u diagnosing urself with a mental condition that traits show up across different disorders with 100 percent certainty

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Anonymous 6d

i refused to self-diagnose until i spoke with my therapist about it at length, who felt confident that behaviors and responses and actions were falling into that box. i’m still self-diagnosed technically, but a licensed psychologist with experience in ASD care has supported that assessment. sometimes that’s all it takes, is speaking to a therapist who isn’t able to make that diagnosis, especially in adulthood. there’s only one facility in the entire state that diagnoses adults.

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Anonymous 6d

dang if this is more most unwoke opinion you gotta be wokeatron 9000

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

people at like ur the second coming of hitler if u dare to question self diagnosers so i gotta expect to be jumped 😭💔

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6d

The topic just irritates me especially in community when those are the voices that end up being the face of ur disorder and almost always end up watering it down to just a few traits

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6d

This is very understandable to me and I wished more people took this route, when making this post I was mostly thinking about the people that get on twitter or tiktok and say they have any and everything without getting any type of outside opinions. Im glad everything worked out for you!

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6d

I have a fairly similar situation. I don’t have the means to get professionally diagnosed, but I work with autistic people, have researched it and other conditions extensively (in college classes), and have talked to several therapists and doctors who said it’s highly likely, they just cannot officially diagnose. I say I’m autistic but will always preface that I don’t have an official diagnosis and will always uplift other autistic voices before my own

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