• Genius@lemmy.zip
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    24 hours ago

    How do we categorise people who were bullied and called weird as a child for having autism and now have a trauma reaction to the word?

      • Truscape@lemm.ee
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        9 hours ago

        My lemming in the Internet you do realize that reaction is because of social discrimination and punishment for not falling in line with expectations, right?

        I wouldn’t have a reflexive reaction if I didn’t have experience with being singled out by others because of a damn medical record. I had to be background wallflower at every turn to blend in. I had to grow up with fear that I would be caught out and be treated as an undesirable at any moment.

        So yeah, it’s not that simple. Go to med school and maybe present your fucking credentials if you want to be prescriptive.

        • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
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          5 hours ago

          Lol k, for some it is that simple. Big surprise people have different reactions, I’m sure acting like an ass endears you to others.