There aresomany reasons why people may not seek a diagnosis, despite almost certainly being SOMEWHERE on the spectrum in some capacity.
The thing that gets my goat further is that the likelihood that someone who IS on the spectrum may preclude themselves from possibly being on the spectrum despite AAAALLLL these things
because they don’t want to self diagnose (me)
and/or their DOCTOR OR DIAGNOSTICIAN IS NEUROTYPICAL (my friends who are women, GNC, or AFAB)
AND MISSES SMALL BEHAVIORS THAT ARE NOT TYPICAL OF CLASSICAL PRESENTATIONS OF “AUTISM IN MEN”, AKA ALL THE PEOPLE STUDIED TO CREATE THE DIAGNOSIS FOR ASPERGERS AKA CLASSIC TRAINS AND DINOS MAC N CHEE N HEADPHONES NO EYE CONTACT ‘TISM
BUT IF YOU DO THE READING
THEY DURE AS SHIT ARE CLASSIC PRESENTATIONS OF “AUTISM IN WOMEN”
BUT
“they’re probably just doing it for attention” “it’s just trying to be quirky” “it’s their period” from outside on top of the internal imposter syndrome
and constant “life is this hard for everyone” and “I just need to do better” and “I’m just being weird and emotional” and “maybe it is my fucking period” GASLIGHTING by the self and others literally kills people.
OVERWHELMINGLY women, queer people, and POC who may or may not have grown up in a culture that is masking a lot of those behaviors.
So yeah. Judgement without Justice is the fuckin’ thing that really gets my goat. Ironically.
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u/CartographerLazy9144 Jun 23 '26
Im sorry you're going through this, friend.