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I am still of the opinion that the vast majority of high functioning autism and people "on the spectrum" isnt autism at all, or any sort of mental disorder, at least in the USA. These are the normal and well adjusted people. It is americans that are hyperconfrontational and create drama out of nothing expecting others to guess at subtle hints rather than acting like a mature adult and being direct and communicative of their feelings.
What we really need is a disorder called HSSD (Hyper Sensitive Subtlty Disoorder) or something describing this behavior and the. Label the vast majority of americans as being mentally ill.
The thing that makes this so obvious to me is uf you take any of these people labeled as autistic who feel they cant read social cues and then stick them in a country with a relatively healthy (mentally) population they will function perfectly fine and appear completely normal.
@freemo What if I've been diagnosed with autism, _and_ I live in a country with a relatively healthy (mentally) population? ;)
@trinsec
Well i never said autism doesnt exist at all. I only stated the vast majority of high functioning americans are likely misdiagnosed
@freemo @trinsec I agree that this is hyper-sensitivity at play. Where that comes from, I am not sure.
I took an online "Autism Test" (big quotes) and the result was "Mild to Serious Autism", and I am certain that I don't have autism, just that a) I don't like people much, b) very logical and analytical. I.e. "Autism shows X, therefore if you have X you are Autistic" is a non-sequitur, but seems how psychiatry operates.
False diagnosis underpinned + Victimhood societal mentality...
@niclas
I think its just when you live in the sort of toxic social environment like the usa it will cause these sort of false positives.
A hallmark of autism is being oblivious to social cues. A common pattern in america is for people to dislike things someone does and instead of being an adult and talking it out they just bottle it up and secretly hate them. Then thry expect the other person to pick up on it like a mind reader and when thry dont its their fault rather than recognizing the immaturity about not talking about it. So now the other person, who deals with this constantly, starts to think they just suck at picking up social cues when really they are perfectly normal
@freemo That also a plausible/contributing explanantion. Thx
@trinsec