#self-dx hate

[gingerautie]

So I realized my post was worded incorrectly after a close friend of mine on Skype corrected me. People can self-diagnosis them self with Autism, but only if they have had the same symptoms since birth/early childhood. People who come out of nowhere and say, "Since I do something similar to stimming, I must be Autistic right?", after living their childhood normally and not having any symptoms of Autism until then are most likely doing a Placebo(?) effect on them self to connect with or (1/2?)

I forgot what the end of my other ask was. Q___Q Anyway, they're most likely doing a Placebo Effect on themselve to understand or connect with friends or family that are Autistic. I am not anti self diagnosing but I am against people claiming to have Autism because they "like to pet soft things" or to use it as an excuse to get out of trouble. I'm all for people thinking about the possibility of being Autistic as long as they factor in the other symptoms of any Autism Spectrum and just not 2/2?

You can't "do a placebo effect" on yourslf. That's not what the placebo effect is. 

Who are you to dictate who can and can't self-dx? And where are you getting this weird idea that people are self-dxing because of new symptoms?

Literally no one is doing these things you are describing. It's a strawman.

Most self-dxed autistic people don't know other autistic people IRL. This is some ridiculous idea you've pulled out of your arse, no, autistic people are not self-diagnosis to relate to autistic family members, oh my god please stop.

Don't go on anti-self-dx rants when you clearly no nothing about self-diagnosis. Or placebos. Placebos are not relevant to this conversation, please stop bringing the up, you're just making yourself look silly.

[gingerautie]

I'd reblog the post but I don't feel like crowding my blog with that nonsense. 1. I never said ALL self-diagnoses are taken from 5 minute Internet quizes. 2. You can't say "MOST SELF DIAGNOSES ARE PROBABLY RIGHT." When you're making an argument, you can't add in "probably". Let me mention that it's also total bullshit that most self-diagnoses are correct. There's absolutely nothing wrong with looking into an illness or suspecting you have it. But it's deluding to assure yourself you do.

It's not total bullshit that most self-dxers are correct. I know of lots and lots of people who have self-dxed and later had that confirmed by doctors, and lots who are just obviously autistic. 

You didn't say some. You said that it was impossible to diagnose yourself from a 5 minute internet quiz, while taking about self diagnosis.

It's not deluding if it's true, and being mistaken is not the same as being deluded. Even if you're wrong, lopts of, for example, adivce for people with ADHD will be helpful to someone who actually has autism.

And you know that the NHS thinks self diagnosis for autism is totally fine for adults right? 

And also that a lot of autism rsearchers have said that they think most self diagnosed people are probably right.

And yes i fucking can say probably while making an argument, you don't actually ave any points, you just keep making the same baseless statements over and over again.