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> to include mainly traits of distressed autistics When you understand that mental illness is meeting the criteria such that they cause serious issue in in you
by licensetoill 5y ago
> to include mainly traits of distressed autistics
When you understand that mental illness is meeting the criteria such that they cause serious issue in in your life, this makes perfect sense.
We're all sad sometimes, maybe even fall into "a funk" but that might not well meet the level of clinical depression. Someone might be able to casually smoke some meth, while another goes off the rails into substance abuse disorder. We diagnose based on the impact, if you're the former and not the latter you do not have the diagnosis even if you have the same basal elements as the latter.
- nicoburns 5y agoI think the point is that specifically in the case of autism, it would be really useful to provide preventative support before it gets to the point of complete dysfunction.
- banannaise 5y agoExcept that's not really it. The focus isn't on what causes serious issues for us, it's all about the things that cause distress for the people around us. Autism is largely understood, diagnosed, and "treated" as You're Making Us Uncomfortable Disease