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pteryx

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A roleplayer frustrated at the structure of our society. She/her.

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CynAq , to ActuallyAutistic group
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“Go out of your comfort zone to grow as a person and become capable of doing more things”

Translation for my and friends for whom this doesn’t seem to work:

“Get yourself exposed to more uncomfortable situations which the neurotypical brain will automagically become desensitized to”

My brain doesn’t get desensitized to virtually anything. “Go out of your comfort zone” isn’t the helpful encouragement you think it is for me.

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pteryx ,
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@CynAq @actuallyautistic There is a reason I insistently call trial and error in social situations "trial and trauma".

olena , to ActuallyAutistic group
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Just was ‘diagnosed’ with anxiety today after talking to a psychiatrist for five minutes (I’m using quotes because it seems a bit too preliminary to me to diagnose whoever with whatever after about 5 minutes of general talk).
Came asking for and evaluation. Was totally ignored on that regard) Of course, didn’t have courage to ask again.

Was it so obvious? Was I just a walking stereotype: middle-aged woman from a war-thorn country living alone who voluntarily came to a psychiatrist(doesn’t matter what else she has, she can’t NOT be anxious)?
Or is it just a general experience of most of female-passing folks: to be seen as anxious, to have most of their symptoms attributed to (not like I was asked about any symptoms, but maybe have demonstrated some?)?

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pteryx ,
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@miaoue @olena @actuallyautistic Yeah, I've had a general practitioner not only jump straight to "diagnosing" me as anxious within minutes on my first visit, but actively trying to pill-push because of it. I switched primary care physicians immediately.

(Mind you, I probably actually do have something of a nervous temperament, but I hired you to do a physical, truth damn it, not try to convince me to drug myself into being someone else you'd rather existed in my place.)

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