Supposedly, the main diagnostic criterion is "it causes you suffering". I agree diagnoses shouldn't be pushed on you in therapy. Maybe loosely offered as areas to explore, but...
I think the truism that personality disorders can't be treated comes from "treatment" being forced.
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I've had the opposite experience: I function too well, so nobody wants to diagnose me as anything other than "depressed"
I have loosely offered areas of self-Dx to explore, and had that rejected every single time.
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"If you were autistic, what would it matter?" IT WOULD HELP YOU DO YOUR FUCKING JOB FOR A START
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Ah, this fucking attitude. I had the same thing from my first therapist.
"I thought you might be autistic, but your IQ is too high..."
"I'm pretty sure that's not how that works."
"It is, I'm the expert."
(I didn't believe him, but had no other options for therapy at age 17.)
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I'm definitely not neurotypical, but I've no idea if I qualify for aspergers or something else or if I'm in some liminal area.
Considering new diagnoses are invented all the time, and neurology is hugely idiosyncratic, I wouldn't be surprised if there is no diagnosis available.
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I have highly abnormal empathy, but it's not specifically autistic AFAICT. Pulls in a lot of disparate directions.
I'd actually love to know if there's a diagnosis that fits, as I have a very confused profile of extreme hyper/hypofunctionality relative to most people.
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Do you have a thread of characteristics you experience? I'm also curious about what you're describing.
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No, but I'd be very happy to write out a few here.
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As you prefer - I'm not qualified to comment, but have an interest in personality disorders and the "high empathy" point you mention happens to be resonant for me personally.
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I prefer. I enjoy the warm interest. Thank you.
Let's start with social stuff.
I'm fairly socially inhibited. Have a lot of anxiety traits. Hyperreliant on verbal ability.
Cause of anxiety: I have trouble with social fluency. I understand social rules implicitly, but get overwhelmed by density of info/second guess a lot.
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