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Neurodivergent 5w
My therapist (who I’ve only seen twice) said he doesn’t think I’m autistic or that I’m high functioning Asperger’s because I: -made eye contact -showed emotions -made facial expressions 🫥
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Anonymous 5w

bruhhhh. This is why more therapists and psychologists need to be trained in the nuances of high functioning autism, females with autism, and more. I’m sorry you were invalidated

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Anonymous 5w

just curious, is your therapist relatively older or younger? i find that with older therapists, a good handful aren’t up to date with guidelines for various diagnoses

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Anonymous 5w

Your therapist hasn’t been keeping up with re-education or something. Asperger’s hasn’t been professional language since like 2013. Its not in the DSM anymore either. It’s autism type 1. The types are based on the level of support an individual needs to exist in public life. 1 is low support/high independence. 2 moderate support but probably mostly independent. 3 high support & probably needs supervision.

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Anonymous 5w

Two sessions in, girl find someone else to do intake with

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Anonymous 5w

Tell him ur masking lol

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Anonymous 5w

I swear some people think we’re robots physically incapable of ever making eye contact.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 5w

I’m not gonna lie I never got that part with eye contact, I don’t have a problem with it u less, I see/know that they do and I want to put them at ease or I’m extremely mad at the person but I kinda don’t want them to know

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 5w

I have an eye contact issue when saying something I need to think about, but for the most part in conversation I can do eye contact without a problem.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 5w

For me, eye contact is sensorily overwhelming and causes immense stress. There have actually been brain scan studies that show that autistic people have different patterns of neurological activation in response to things like facial expressions and eye contact.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 5w

I couldn’t read body language till I was in high school. Started studying it. Now I have a checklist catalog that runs in my head during conversations.

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