Recent surge in autism posts

[Rakehell]

What’s with all the posts lately with ops claiming they’re high functioning autistic (aspengers)? I know places like these filter for guys with social problems, but it seems pretty rampant lately.

Are you guys formally diagnosed? Last I checked the testing for Adult Autism was pretty pricey, i.e thousands of dollars.

Starting to feel like a cope, or self diagnosis. Doesn’t help that since covid/even before that it seems like social skills in general have regressed even in older generations but especially in Gen Z folks. With people claiming autism.

Am I tripping or is everyone jacking being autistic nowadays?

 

[POB]

90% of the cases = victim's mentality

 

[Amadeus]

What’s with all the posts lately with ops claiming they’re high functioning autistic (aspengers)? I know places like these filter for guys with social problems, but it seems pretty rampant lately.

Are you guys formally diagnosed? Last I checked the testing for Adult Autism was pretty pricey, i.e thousands of dollars.

Starting to feel like a cope, or self diagnosis. Doesn’t help that since covid/even before that it seems like social skills in general have regressed even in older generations but especially in Gen Z folks. With people claiming autism.

Am I tripping or is everyone jacking being autistic nowadays?

Well autism is a broad spectrum but for sure many people self diagnose a lot, especially with how costly the psychiatrists can be.

For a few years now I have thought I might have ADHD and only few months ago started going to the psychiatrist via the student clinic in my city since the entire process(and medication) would be free.

It turns out I most likely don't have ADHD, or it's not severe enough to the point I need medication, but instead what caused me to believe I have it is what was caused by a mix of depression and anxiety(neither strong enough to get it's own diagnosis = f41.2) and very mild, high functioning autism(higher than asperger).

Honestly, I don't really understand that part as my psychiatrist herself said she wouldn't really consider it traditional autism, but it falls under that spectrum.

Anyways, you're probably right to assume most are self-diagnosed since people like that wouldn't have strong enough reason to visit a psychiatrist. I wouldn't either had I not wanted to get a methylphenidate prescription for ADHD.

I'm sure, and my psychiatrist is as well, that with enough practice and self-confidence, both the "autistic" and "depressive-anxious" part of myself will not be visible nor much influential.