Topher. I like The Book of Woe. I do not like drugs for autism. Stop making things up about me. Respect me as a person. Otherwise, you are no different than the average psychiatrist.
D. Anonymous. I have never used the “ASD” label. You did. the ASD label is a deficiency label. I reject it.
“the author of the article professes her belief that the diagnostic tools are correct”. No, you are misreading me. I do not believe any of the diagnostic labels are are correct. I think the entire DSM should be thrown out.
Have you ever written an essay to fit guidelines? Personal essays for MAD must be about one’s relationship to psychiatry, with a strict word length. That means it is impossible to say everything I wanted to say.
You know nothing about me in person. Talking about myself does not propagate stereotypes. Never have I applied my traits to anyone else. You have, though.
You are very good at making stuff up and misunderstanding people, and at judging people who you have never met. You sound a lot like psychiatrists in your comment.
Joanna Badura, you do not know me, so you do not get to decide who I am or what I am like in person. You are as judgemental as the DSM. Where did I say it is cool to be neurodivergent? Are you going to tell me that my synesthesia is not real, too?
Someone Else. Thank you. I cannot totally escape my mother because I need her financial assistance. My SSDI is $524 per moth. Disable people are forced to live in poverty. I gray rock her. I am 56. She just turned 81. Her mother lived to 94 and her grandmother to 92, so I am probably stuck with her for a while.
Topher. You know nothing about me. Therefore, you do not get to decide who I am or what I am like in person. How I sound on paper is different than meeting me in real life.
If you notice, I do not use the term “ASD” because I think it’s bullshit. I think the entire DSM needs to be thrown out. I am not propagating stereotypes. I am talking about myself. Have you ever had an essay published by anyone? Do you know how to write to guidelines?
Neurodivergence is real, though, and it is not a “diagnosis.” If you’re not neurodivergent, how would you know? You have to believe people. My father built a professional chemistry lab in his basement when he was 11, the same age I was when I had a scientific mollusk collection. We had a lot of similarities to one another. He never had any diagnoses because of his age. He was from a different generation.
I am also a synesthete. Letters and numbers have colors. I think in moving 3D geometric shapes. I have an amazingly detailed memory tied to synesthesia. Are you going to tell me that synesthesia is not real, too?
J. Provide your real name if you’re going to critique my essay. I don’t like personality disorder diagnoses at all. BPD is crap.
I have very little contact with my mother. She is cruel. I could write an entire essay about my mother’s cruelties. I have cut her off multiple times by I need her financial support so I have to stay in contact with her. I am on SSDI. I am writing a memoir. I will be detailing my relationship with my mother in my memoir.
I am not “reticent to trace [my] disappearance of “BPD” “symptoms” to the ending of relationships that failed” me. Essay have word lengths. Personal essays on MAD have to be written about one’s relationship to psychiatry. Know something about the guidelines for submitting a personal essay before you mischaracterize writers.
Also, I am 56 years old. I have lived decades of a psychiatry-free life.
Topher. I like The Book of Woe. I do not like drugs for autism. Stop making things up about me. Respect me as a person. Otherwise, you are no different than the average psychiatrist.
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D. Anonymous. I have never used the “ASD” label. You did. the ASD label is a deficiency label. I reject it.
“the author of the article professes her belief that the diagnostic tools are correct”. No, you are misreading me. I do not believe any of the diagnostic labels are are correct. I think the entire DSM should be thrown out.
Have you ever written an essay to fit guidelines? Personal essays for MAD must be about one’s relationship to psychiatry, with a strict word length. That means it is impossible to say everything I wanted to say.
You know nothing about me in person. Talking about myself does not propagate stereotypes. Never have I applied my traits to anyone else. You have, though.
You are very good at making stuff up and misunderstanding people, and at judging people who you have never met. You sound a lot like psychiatrists in your comment.
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Joanna Badura, you do not know me, so you do not get to decide who I am or what I am like in person. You are as judgemental as the DSM. Where did I say it is cool to be neurodivergent? Are you going to tell me that my synesthesia is not real, too?
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I wrote an essay about my essay: https://wordpress.com/view/lisarayner.home.blog.
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Rasx. Thank you. Yes, mast cell activation is a bitch. I am on supplemental oxygen for multiple EDS-related breathing problems. I am 56.
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Someone Else. Thank you. I cannot totally escape my mother because I need her financial assistance. My SSDI is $524 per moth. Disable people are forced to live in poverty. I gray rock her. I am 56. She just turned 81. Her mother lived to 94 and her grandmother to 92, so I am probably stuck with her for a while.
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Birdsong. Thank you!
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True!
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Topher. You know nothing about me. Therefore, you do not get to decide who I am or what I am like in person. How I sound on paper is different than meeting me in real life.
If you notice, I do not use the term “ASD” because I think it’s bullshit. I think the entire DSM needs to be thrown out. I am not propagating stereotypes. I am talking about myself. Have you ever had an essay published by anyone? Do you know how to write to guidelines?
Neurodivergence is real, though, and it is not a “diagnosis.” If you’re not neurodivergent, how would you know? You have to believe people. My father built a professional chemistry lab in his basement when he was 11, the same age I was when I had a scientific mollusk collection. We had a lot of similarities to one another. He never had any diagnoses because of his age. He was from a different generation.
I am also a synesthete. Letters and numbers have colors. I think in moving 3D geometric shapes. I have an amazingly detailed memory tied to synesthesia. Are you going to tell me that synesthesia is not real, too?
I wrote an essay about my essay: https://wordpress.com/view/lisarayner.home.blog
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So true!
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Yes it is!
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J. Provide your real name if you’re going to critique my essay. I don’t like personality disorder diagnoses at all. BPD is crap.
I have very little contact with my mother. She is cruel. I could write an entire essay about my mother’s cruelties. I have cut her off multiple times by I need her financial support so I have to stay in contact with her. I am on SSDI. I am writing a memoir. I will be detailing my relationship with my mother in my memoir.
I am not “reticent to trace [my] disappearance of “BPD” “symptoms” to the ending of relationships that failed” me. Essay have word lengths. Personal essays on MAD have to be written about one’s relationship to psychiatry. Know something about the guidelines for submitting a personal essay before you mischaracterize writers.
Also, I am 56 years old. I have lived decades of a psychiatry-free life.
I wrote an essay about my essay: https://wordpress.com/view/lisarayner.home.blog.
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Thank you Phoebe.
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