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leloyon
I'll see you in the Wired.
- Feb 4, 2023
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I got diagnosed with autism when I was about thirteen however I disagree with that diagnosis and I doubt that I actually have it, my current psychiatrist told me that I got diagnosed with anxiety and depression at some point though I was never told until then so I don't know who did it, when or what it was based on, nor do I know the kinds of anxiety and depression I suffer from (if you ask me, I probably have dysthymia or perhaps "double depression", as well as social anxiety and/or panic disorder, but knowing my luck I'll probably never get a precise answer and that vague "anxiety and depression" diagnosis is all I will get), I definitely have more going on though, I'm probably going to get an official OCD diagnosis soon and possibly PTSD, I definitely have selective mutism and I probably have some form of personality disorder but at that point we're going into shaky territory. I agree that with an autism diagnosis professionals tend to only focus on that, for most of my time in the mental health system the professionals would just attribute anything to autism no matter what regardless of the kind of symptom it was.I'm not diagnosed with psychosis either bc everyone likes to blame everything on my autism. Never been diagnosed with anything outside my autism even though I clearly have lot's of issues bc most proffessionals seems to find it easier to focus solely on my autism even though it doesn't rly make me better bc my other illnesses remains untreated. I use they/them pronouns when I don't know someone's gender/pronouns bc I'm petrified of accidentally misgendering someone bc it can be a big deal for some, belive me! >_< I apologize if I ever used they/them pronouns on you, but I promise you I did it purely out of respect and not wanting to misgender you like with anyone else. I never mean anything I do negatively unless someone is being an absolute dick in witch you're not. You're rly nice tbh. I'll check out your thread in a bit, just gotta catch up on some notifications first.
Also it's fine, I refer to anyone who I'm unsure of with they/them pronouns as well, I think it's a good habit to have as long as you refer to someone with their preferred pronouns once you're sure, I'm not offended or anything.