Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello again dear forum!
The swedish student here again, with a quick question to the community:
Would you feel comfortable making videos of yourself talking about your life, your diagnosis or maybe just about an interest that you have?
If not, what is the main reason behind that? Technological? Communicative? Anxiety of putting yourself "out there"?
Hope you're all having a great weekend! (It's cloudy and rainy in the south of Sweden, but that is typically to be expected)
/ Björn, the bear, Wiberg
Yes, I would feel OK about it. However, I would have to tread very carefully because forgoing my anonymity would also have potential consequences for my sons and wider family. Waving my right to confidentiality might, to some extent, also compromise theirs. I would therefore only like to do it with their knowledge and approval and, as things stand, I wouldn't really have that. Plus we've basically only just been diagnosed so things are settling down. I can't know how we'll feel in a couple of years time.
And there's also the thought that once it's out there, it's out there. Hard to then say, "Oh, i retract that. We're not really an autistic family."
I could write about it under a pseudonym though. With some alterations to basic facts and situations to prevent identification.
I even publish my fiction under a pseudonym.
I find the whole 'ego' thing of "Hey folks, this is me, look at me, here's what I look like, here's my personalised number plate, here's what I've done, here's what I wear, here's how I do my hair, here are my tattoos, please look at me" to be very strange and superficial. And, dare I say it, very NT.