anbuend wrote:
Specific people annoy me, it has nothing to do with neurological status.
This. Although there seems to be a spectrum of so called normal people as well, and those who are socialized to be 'hyper-normal' (often excessively mainstream/popular types, of all ages) often notice there's something different about me right away, and become really patronizing. THESE people annoy me the most.
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Given a “tentative” diagnosis as a child as I needed services at school for what was later correctly discovered to be a major anxiety disorder.
This misdiagnosis caused me significant stress, which lessened upon finding out the truth about myself from my current and past long-term therapists - that I am an anxious and highly sensitive person but do not have an autism spectrum disorder.
My diagnoses - social anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
I’m no longer involved with the ASD world.