#I love self diagnosis

[caitas-cooing]

Reblog this post if you are professionally diagnosed and you support informed self diagnosis and you hate people accusing others of faking disorders when they have no evidence to support that

[fadedstarpng]

autistic people when there's collectable things with tv shows with multiple generations of them:

[puppyeared]

Jitterbug

[donniesexceptionalmind]

hai :3 trade offer You get: art of your choosing I get: infodump about space cat/and or autism (/nf btw)

*smug smile* YES, PLEASE.

I have talked about executive dysfunction before, but have you heard about

Autistic inertia?

It is the inability to change task or focus.

Our autistic brains love to be fully & all-consumingly engaged in one activity & we struggle to retreat back from it/ take a break to do something else.

You're probably familiar with the term hyperfocus, which is (to the person experiencing it) a positive side of being focused intensely on (preferably) your special interest. You can't stop & you're consumed entirely by it & it gives you joy. PURE BLISS!!

Although I tend to forget I exist during these times...

For me, inertia & hyperfocus are two sides of a coin.

Inertia does not give joy.

It can lead to the frustrating reality of my body & brain working against my desire to do something nice & relaxing.

It's independent of any desire to do the other activity; unlike procrastination, where you purposely avoid tasks due to reasons.

Example: I absolutely love The Legend of Zelda & I was in BLISS about the newest game. So naturally, one would assume I've beaten Tears of the Kingdom at least ten times & that I've reached 100%.

The hard truth: I have not even completed the four main quests, nor have I achieved to get the whole map of the overworld.

The desire to play it is... low. (SAD DONNIE NOISES)

This is because my brain struggles to adjust from one reality (the game isn't out yet) to the new reality (the game is released). I was so in awe & excitement that my brain still hasn't processed that it's truly playable now.

As time passes, the inertia will go away - you just have to be patient.

Sadly, autistic inertia is often seen as laziness or procrastination - a character flaw, if you will.

But it is tied to how our brains are wired & function. It's not a personal failure.

It's just one of many aspects that make autism a disability.

I'm trying my best 🥺💜

[nurseydexunsolved]

“you are poseidon’s son”

“i am SALLY JACKSON’S son!”

THATS MY MAMAS BOYYYY thats my baby percy right there

[trans-axolotl]

Post your diagnosis papers

we're just normal men. innocent men.

[gloriousmonsters]

dsm really is like well about every other PD is determined by abuse, neglect, poor relationships and bad experiences as a child, and trauma. narcissistic personality disorder is largely defined by a desperate terrified need to never seem weak or like a failure and hunger for praise and approval. who tf knows what causes it tho

[nemmet]

question: who is your favourite scooby doo character and why?

in a similar vein to my how did you get into scooby doo post from last month, i'm now interested in hearing who your favourite character from the franchise is! are they a member of the core gang or a side character? which iteration/version of theirs do you like best? do you have any specific memories associated with them? do they mean a lot to you personally, or do you just think they're neat? it's time to gush about them in the tags/replies!!

[arionawrites]

decided to make a list of all my diagnosed issues and like fucking. god damn. how am i just living day to day.

[nikatyler]

A lot of my main couples are like *the neurodivergent weirdo* and then their partner is like *the neurodivergent weirdo who functions a little better in the society*

Sure is interesting. Surely doesn't mean anything at all. Surely.

[realkaijuhavecurves]

My therapist who is also a psychologist has been going on about how I don't actually have borderline personality disorder which I was diagnosed with in 2017. She has instead been hinting toward C-PTSD and having read through the symptoms I think she may actually be right. Holy shit.

[normal-with-adhd-is-a-joke]

help I was talking to my therapist about how as an autistic child I ran experiments on people to figure out how to get the best reactions from them to cope with the fact that I had no innate social cues and she was like "oh like in big bang theory when sheldon makes a whiteboard diagram on how to make friends". I got fucking sheldon cooper'd in the year of our lord 2023.

[daughterofsarenrae]

Man we hit a good dosage for angus's meds and hes like. Acting like his old self right now. Def with the energy down like 90% but hes exploring my room and playing with toys and his back legs are holding his weight and it's so nice to see again

[lottieurl]

one of my controversial opinions is i won't stop using the word narcissist in a way its been used my whole life because of a psychiatric label/diagnosis that shouldn't be called that in the first place

[spxnglr]

Good mornooning my beloveds, soon I'm going to have a specialist coach work w me in the office to help w the brain fog/short-term memory issues I have thanks to my Grave's!

I've been advised to tell them that I have suspected AD.HD (bc getting a formal diagnosis is taking me SO long and my workplace assessor empathised SO hard) and supposedly they'll know within a session or two if I do have it, and it can be included in their report if I do so I can receive further guidance for it.

Honestly I've had more help in the few months I've spent in my current role than in the years I ever spent in my last dept, I'm so grateful.

[aaravos-answers]

Hello Aaravos, this is not a question, but I have been thinking about this for a while and do not exactly know how to handle it. I have been researching about ADHD lately, and I personally think i have it. I do not want to self-diagnose myself in case I am wrong, but I do not know how to talk to someone about it.

Do you maybe have any advice on what to do? I am scared to tell someone about it in case I am seen differently or treated differently if I do have it...

I am not sure I am the best person to ask, starling. My world is vastly different from yours in how we understand our minds and treat such differences. However, I do know from experience that if someone was going to treat you differently because of something outside your control, then they likely already have.

Do not be held back by fear, starling. If this is important to you, then do not hold back on the truth. Find the help and resources you need.