[CantExplain]

(Reposted from the Psychotherapy forum)

Therapy is tough for Aspergics because it goes against everything we believe in: objective reality, rational decisions, accept nothing we don't understand.

On the other hand, we can be open with ourselves and others, and that works in our favour.

[-jimi-]

I refuse therapy because it just makes me angry. What angers me is when someone thinks they know what I think and feel, when they have no clue and their guesses are wrong, and what I say can't change their belief.

It's definitely not for me.

[Perna]

There is therefore a considerable population of adults with AS who were not diagnosed as children, who as adults experienced enough distress to seek therapy, and who continued to be misdiagnosed. Often highly anxious, underemployed, unable to make and sustain the friendships and romantic attachments they long for, they have been seen as treatment resistant, personality disordered, or depressed. Misdiagnosis has resulted in treatment that missed. When these patients show up in our consulting rooms now, says Gaus, discouragement and depression are often layered over the original problems of AS.

From: http://psychcentral.com/lib/2009/boo...rger-syndrome/