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Old Jan 10, 2014, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee View Post
My autistic traits make me appear to have a PD, because I am loner who is different and not very expressive. It bothers psychiatrists because I am not the "norm". Why should that bother them? I have no desire to conform. It isn't who I am.
I would think it doesn't so much bother them personally, or if it does, that is irrelevant, but since their job is to help you do better psychosocially, coping with and to some extent fitting into social norms is a critical skill. It's adaptive. Doesn't mean you permanently change yourself, but you fit in and are able to access connections, roles, information in the world that is dominated by people.
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