rec
Mostly lurking
- Nov 2, 2020
- 35
Hello!
Yesterday in therapy, my therapist said that she thinks that it's not depression, but instead it's autism (??). I'm not autistic. I've been under this rubbish mental health care for a good number of years and finally the new therapist seems to have given up and made a really out there conclusion. I'm going to try to explain her logic (which I don't agree with):
So, you might've heard of there 'hyperfixations' on the internet. Basically they're things that neurodivergent people think about a lot/ fixate on. My new therapist has decided that I am possibly autistic and have hyperfixated on suicide. I don't get how that would happen, but she says that somehow this would cause my apparent autism to present itself in a similar way to depression. Honestly, I find it offensive that she would suggest that none of this is how I actually feel about things and that it is just some other thing in my brain making me think about suicide.
I didn't oppose her suggestion in the session, as I am really tired of this bullshit mental healthcare system (and I am going through sertraline withdrawal because I didn't bother to taper off it). Sorry if this post is a mess.
I have never heard of this before. Have any of you heard of this?
Yesterday in therapy, my therapist said that she thinks that it's not depression, but instead it's autism (??). I'm not autistic. I've been under this rubbish mental health care for a good number of years and finally the new therapist seems to have given up and made a really out there conclusion. I'm going to try to explain her logic (which I don't agree with):
So, you might've heard of there 'hyperfixations' on the internet. Basically they're things that neurodivergent people think about a lot/ fixate on. My new therapist has decided that I am possibly autistic and have hyperfixated on suicide. I don't get how that would happen, but she says that somehow this would cause my apparent autism to present itself in a similar way to depression. Honestly, I find it offensive that she would suggest that none of this is how I actually feel about things and that it is just some other thing in my brain making me think about suicide.
I didn't oppose her suggestion in the session, as I am really tired of this bullshit mental healthcare system (and I am going through sertraline withdrawal because I didn't bother to taper off it). Sorry if this post is a mess.
I have never heard of this before. Have any of you heard of this?