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 Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions   Topic: Do you hide your mental illnesses?

Lindsey95
Posted: 21 Jan 2017, 10:30 am 

Replies: 43
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I hide it to a degree. People know about the depression/anxiety and I'm being treated for both, but I internalize a lot of the "scarier" symptoms out of fear of being sent to the hospital. Been there once, would ideally rather not get admitted again.

 Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions   Topic: Can someone describe how is it to have both ASD and ADHD?

Lindsey95
Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 9:08 am 

Replies: 8
Views: 1,667
Been diagnosed autistic singe age four, just recently received an ADHD diagnosis. In hindsight, it makes sense - my inability to keep on task, my emotional sensitivity, my restricted interests (which I can attribute to the ASD, but ADHD has a similar phenomenon called a "hyperfocus"), et c...

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Hostility toward autists on the Internet

Lindsey95
Posted: 18 Jan 2017, 4:06 pm 

Replies: 44
Views: 4,093
Intentionally hostile, no. Grossly misinformed, yes. Instead of seeing these instances as a personal attack (i.e. someone saying "that's so autistic"), I've started to take them as an opportunity to educate people on what ASD is, and how common misconceptions harm the community at large. N...
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