So my psychiatrist is insistent that I have autism....

@Subsumedpat I disagree, most shrinks just quote freud or jung, they don't listen, they just insist you're one thing or another.

@NativePortlander1970 tbf tho,
My (clinical) psychologist likes to deep dive, really get into the core reasons of things before coming to conclusions,
But I've seen her for a lot longer than my psychiatrist and on a more regular basis too.

At first she thought it could've been asd, but started boiling it down to trauma when I had the chance to explain more things to her

@Fishy Sounds like your clinical ruled it out based on more rational methods that your other shrink should pay better attention to.

@MrBlueGuy Yeah, you need a test here too...

I was tested for ADHD, which I relate to (and the meds are helping)
but she is keeps mentioning ASD, and says on my assessment report that I was previously diagnosed with it, which isn't true (it was only pointed out by a therapist that I seen a few times)
And I've asked her multiple times to change that on the report because it's not true, but it seems to just blow over the top of her head :I

@Guardian I have ADHD and relate to that,

But the asd label is giving me an identity crisis.

All the therapy work I've been doing about forgiveness and letting go of trauma is just resurfacing because I'm reflecting on why I did "autistic" things

The lack of eye contact, not engaging etc was because fear of people going apeshit.

But just like the rest of my life, when I try explaining it to people they don't listen 😒

@Fishy I have dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADD, PDD & PTSD. I did 20 years of CBT, took meds, but now only use CBD oil. I have difficulty processing emotions, and can get confused or misunderstand, or anger others with my bluntness. Clear direct communication is best for me.

I'm pleased to make your acquaintance!

I can relate to lack of eye contact, not engaging, and fear of people going apeshit, which I have discovered is mostly in my head.

@Fishy I don't put much stock in the academic pigeonholing of the mind, it's fraught with so much uncertainty and unknowable aspects. You don't think it sounds like you so that must be what she's doing

@Jackaloftheazuresand hmmmm, kinda on the fence about that one....

I mean, sometimes someone can be something but they're in denial about it?
Or lack self awareness of the core problem

@Fishy Do you have any reason to suspect that you're denial like seeing autism as a negative? Plus people in denial always know they are in denial in some small way. Only you can possibly know that. Everything someone else says is a guess for sure.

@NativePortlander1970
I think they like to diagnose so they can start some type of treatment plan, help the patient understand themselves better etc,
But unfortunately it can also be very gaslighty, especially if the patient doesn't relate to anything about the diagnosis

@Fishy What perplexes me is that 40 years ago autism was considered rare, maybe one in 150,000, now it's what, one in 36? Personally I think it's pseudopsychiatry constructed to explain how so many Millennials and younger have trouble dealing with life because my generation were such poor parents and blamed our parent's generation for all our problems, I mean seriously, my peers were really bad parents and didn't properly teach their kids how to cope, so shrinks took an already existing ailment and said asd is more common, it also started with the vaccine lies in the late 90's.