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13 Dec 2011, 9:11 am

Heidi80 wrote:
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Nobody's ever suspected AS with me. Even a proffessional psychiatrist was really surprised when I said I am on the Autism spectrum. She only suspected high anxiety with me.


Remember, girls can't have mental disorders, they can only have anxiety.

Is this meant to be sarcasm? Because I'm an asperger woman and I do have a mental disorder (depression)


Yes, that was sarcasm, sorry. Mental disorders are under diagnosed in women as they are often brushed off as simply being anxiety.


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13 Dec 2011, 12:20 pm

Ganondox wrote:
Heidi80 wrote:
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Nobody's ever suspected AS with me. Even a proffessional psychiatrist was really surprised when I said I am on the Autism spectrum. She only suspected high anxiety with me.


Remember, girls can't have mental disorders, they can only have anxiety.

Is this meant to be sarcasm? Because I'm an asperger woman and I do have a mental disorder (depression)


Yes, that was sarcasm, sorry. Mental disorders are under diagnosed in women as they are often brushed off as simply being anxiety.


Good. I wouldn't want my AS to be obvious anyways.


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