Telling other people Im autistic be like - eviltoast
  • LemmyLefty@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Your argument is that self-diagnosis causes the average person to be doubtful of expressed diagnoses. Mine is that it’s not self-diagnosis, it’s expression outside of what the average person understands a condition to be that has them doubting.

    And yes, I have been diagnosed and then been told that the diagnosis was wrong because I don’t “fit” what people think. So, yeah, I have tried, and that’s why I’m making the argument I am, because that’s what happened. If your experience has been better…great? Maybe you fit the mold better than I do.

    • Maharashtra@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Your argument is that self-diagnosis causes the average person to be doubtful of expressed diagnoses

      It isn’t.

      My argument is that official diagnosis validates the claim and adds to its gravity.