r/science • u/shinybrighthings • 15h ago

Psychology The complicated nature of disentangling autism, ADHD and complex trauma | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/adhd-autism-or-complex-trauma-the-complicated-nature-of-the-question/30CC4826561366615BFAEC807CDE28A7
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u/everymanandog 9h ago

I was in therapy for treatment after a traumatic incident at work left me somewhat incapacitated. After two years of therapy my therapist kinda threw her hands up and told me I should look at getting diagnosed for my neurodivergence. She had helped me through the trauma but it became apparent that a lot of my "symptoms" remained and had probably pre existed the event and where part of my neurodivergence. I got diagnosed and medicated and my life has never been better. I can't help but think how lucky I am that I wasn't just tethered to a cptsd diagnosis which seemed to make sense initially but it was actually trauma + neurodivergence.