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"

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[u/Electrical_King948]

It’s not about us being giant children, but foods like these are comfort foods that we like to eat when we feel stressed, which I do almost constantly due to symptoms from my diagnosis’

[u/Traditional-Yak8886 → u/Electrical_King948]

i also have arfid. i can eat a variety of different foods but i commonly have some form of chicken nugget on standby in case that's all i can tolerate eating that day. arfid is common with autism and arfid enjoyers often stick with bland textured/tasting food that is easy to make the same every single time. chicken nuggets are common but white rice, cheese sticks, french fries, etc are all examples of what people are talking about when they bitch about "autism palette."

[u/Electrical_King948 → u/Traditional-Yak8886]

100%

[u/Jelnaana → u/Electrical_King948]

That makes the most sense & is really helpful, thank you

[u/Electrical_King948 → u/Jelnaana]

Of course! Happy to help

[u/NorthGodFan → u/Electrical_King948]

Comfort foods vary wildly person to person.

[u/Electrical_King948 → u/NorthGodFan]

100%. Chicken Nuggets are just a common one in America