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Topic	I've been seeing a therapist and she told me I was autistic
Kallainanna 07/18/25 10:12:55 AM #18:	SinisterSlay posted... It's essentially a way to describe a personality trait. And I say this as an autistic person. People act like autistic makes us somehow worse or lessor than others. The reality is we are simply different and for some reason society labels us. Western societies have long pathologized difference as mental illness. Many other examples of this phenomenon are in the news as I type! I suspect the truth may be what was originally pathologized as disorders such as "autism" and "ADHD" are actually fairly common variations in human cognition and experience. --- "And we'll scream, self-righteously: "We did our best!" But what does that really mean?" - Courtney Barnett <cite>Kallainanna posted [p:985808949] in I've been ... [t:81014193]...</cite> <quote>SinisterSlay posted... </cite><quote>It's essentially a way to describe a personality trait.And I say this as an autistic person. People act like autistic makes us somehow worse or lessor than others. The reality is we are simply different and for some reason society labels us.</quote>Western societies have long pathologized difference as mental illness. Many other examples of this phenomenon are in the news as I type!I suspect the truth may be what was originally pathologized as disorders such as "autism" and "ADHD" are actually fairly common variations in human cognition and experience. --- "And we'll scream, self-righteously: "We did our best!"But what does that really mean?" - Courtney Barnett</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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