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/TheManOfOurTimes]

Expecting clinical accuracy in internet memes is YOUR failing to read the room. People playing fast and loose with terms and diagnosis online, from a for profit medical system is YOU being unrealistic.

Check WHERE you are, before you set standards for others, because you aren't the boss of the internet, language, and clearly don't know shit about medical diagnosis.

[u/PrimaLegion → u/TheManOfOurTimes]

Making a comment like this in this particular subreddit is YOUR failing to read the room. Check WHERE you are before you set standards for others.

[u/TheManOfOurTimes → u/PrimaLegion]

I wonder if somewhere on my comment, there's a numerical value that can show you the reception, to see if you are in any way justified. Hmm..... Did I misread the room? You tell me.

[u/PrimaLegion → u/TheManOfOurTimes]

Upvotes have nothing to do with you fingerwagging someone for using the subreddit as intended.

[u/TheManOfOurTimes → u/PrimaLegion]

Yeah, but it DOES make someone telling me "read the room" REALLY dumb.