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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 12 hours ago

I've been peer reviewed, but I've never bothered with a diagnosis

I just don't see the point. I'm already officially neurodivergent, and there's no treatment options that open to me with an autism diagnosis

If saw a reason, I'd get tested. But I don't need a label for the sake of a label

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Know thyself.

Getting an ADHD diagnosis opens you up for medical help. Getting an autism diagnosis can to in some places. In some states you'll get state sponsored healthcare. Depending on your needs of course.

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[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Gnothi seauton!

I learned who I was. And I would still have been a slob even if I hadn't.

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[–] DrWorm@lemmy.world 1 point 19 hours ago (1 child)

I agree with this, and by all means healthcare should be provided if that is what you need. However, there's a bunch to be said that if you've developed a bunch of coping mechanisms that fix or address certain aspects, that getting medicated could completely fuck up your flow of what you used to do and now need to learn new ways to deal with things with medication. But knowledge is power, but I don't always agree that if you've lived 50 years unmedicated, and then getting medicated is always the answer but it absolutely should be available.

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Yeah, it's never a "have to", or even a should. What I found is I've gotten older, is that my coping mechanisms didn't hold up over time. Medication was right for me. That's not going to be everyone though.

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[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Being the child of silent generation parents and way older siblings I was just the weird kid. Always being told there was something wrong with me but never did anything about it. Once I got older I was just called quirky and uncle nutsy by my nieces and nephews. I first found out I have aphantasia and anendophasia only 3-4 years ago and reading all the younger folks stuff on reddit and here I figured maybe that is why I was the way I was. Asked my wife and doctor and they said well yes of course you are on the spectrum.

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[–] puz@piefed.social 6 points 20 hours ago* (1 child)

I first found out I have aphantasia and anendophasia

So if you don't think in words and also not in images... How do you think? I'm curious because I can't imagine thinking without either of those.

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[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 3 points 20 hours ago

The hell if I know. Not a clue. It is my biggest question about them. I do think as I am typing and responding to you and all the other stuff I do but it is just there. I kind of equate it to having a filing cabinet. And in that filing cabinet are tons of folders and I just refer to each one of them even though I don’t see them or know what’s in them. Both aphantasia and anendophasia are relatively new in their research. Some of it I read makes sense a lot does not.