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Originally Posted by somat
I am not autistic. Things I have either been diagnosed with or suggested I might have by psychiatrists: bipolar, schizoid, borderline, ptsd, anxiety, depression, schizoaffective, schizophrenia, adjustment disorder, attachment disorder....
I dont know, when I showed manic type stuff it was largely because I was also incredibly stressed and escaping an abusive home. I would leave at midnight and walk until 5am... I think I was just stuck in fight or flight. That would explain most of my life... recently I am no longer in fight or flight but just dealing with being for the first time in years... so that alone could explain why I feel strange...
I think that perhaps my personality is just different. I am an artist... And I am interested in genetic studies of schizophrenia that look at kin. The traits associated with kin who do not have the disorder sound a lot like me... It is interesting, obviously the DSM version is seriously lacking in how we conceptualize these matters.
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I think you're just one of those people that doesn't fit neatly into a box, there's a lot of people like that. In fact, I would say far more than non mentally ill people would think. You are unique, and frankly I think that while labels have their uses I also think in lots of ways that they're totally overrated.
Also what you said about the DSM was bang on accurate and I totally agree.