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BettaPonic wrote:
shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
BettaPonic wrote:
shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
BettaPonic wrote:
It's kind of meaningless to diagnose characters. You are not a professional with experience I assume? Sorry if you are. This site seems to forget that what looks like one mental disorder could be a personality trait, another mental illness, or even a physical problem. I see people on this site acting like a self diagnosis or the diagnosis from someone online means something.
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Granted however sometimes psychologists give misdiagnoses
The psychologist that diagnosed me. Rote Memory portion of the IQ test he gave me. He recited ten digit number s and told me to repeat it backwards
And all of the numbers started with San Diego area codes
Thus making it easier for any client including me to score high
And that could have made it easier to fulfill the diagnostic criteria for autism
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All medical professionals misdiagnosis. They still have a better shot of getting it right though. Sorry if I came off as an ass, it's just self diagnosis and internet diagnosis really annoys me. It seems pointless. You can't get any real help with it. I see so many people using self diagnosis to feel special.
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no, you did not come off badly.
a neuropsychiatrist diagnosed me. and my profile on Wrong Planet specifies that.
reading books about autism could provide "real help".
depends on the definition of "real help".
at least one psychologist acted like he was giving me "real help", but it was more like he was telling me what was wrong about my appearance (failure to comb hair or iron pants), and what was wrong with me. what he had the nerve to tell me, was wrong with me, could have been functions of AS. even though i disclosed it to him. in writing.
but everything either helps, hurts, or has no effect.
sometimes it is not possible to measure the effect. sometimes the effects are not immediate, direct, or visible.
but that psychologist interacted with me nine years ago.
and to this day, i strongly doubt he gave me any "real help". not only that, but i go so far as to claim that he did not give me any type of "help" whatsoever. not even fake "help"
anyways yeah. the reason why i got a diagnosis when i was 21 was b/c my precious lil "parents" did not send me to get a diagnosis when i was under 18.
and i was having trouble with school. and wanted testing accommodations. for a long time, suspected autism.
wanted it confirmed
anyways.
but the school did not give me testing accommodations, even after i gave it a copy of the diagnostic report.
nor has work given me accommodations.
and certainly nothing has come of the diagnosis, positively. except permanent jury duty exemption.
so quite frankly, i do not care if someone did a self diagnosis.
not everyone can afford a clinical diagnosis.
sometimes psychologists misdiagnose.
besides, after i got a clinical diagnosis, then what?
answer: nothing
so do i regret getting one?
quite frankly i do not regret getting one. made me feel validated.
but functionally (in terms of work and school accommodations), the effects of the diagnosis were minimal. and not worth the financial price.
but whatever you can't change the past
Autism a self diagnosis might not change help, but with more severe mental illness you would need a proffesional for medication. Autism is linked with other mental health problems and that complex web can be hard for a layman.
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Yes but the psychologist that diagnosed me with autism did not give equal consideration to other conditions such as schizophrenia and nonverbal learning disability
The entire diagnosis lasted about ten hours
That was the only time that that psychologist interacted with me
06 Sep 2017, 8:34 pm
Besides that, diagnosing fictional characters is pretty close to completely harmless, can provide some insight...
...and is FUN. 
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