Would you consider creating content on Youtube where you talk about your life/diagnosis?

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

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  • I have thought about it, but it isn't at all practical. There is someone in my family who is probably too old ever to be told, who might wrongly blame themselves for something for which there should really be no blame attached. Added to which, the few people who have been told would probably be more comfortable if it is swept under the carpet. Also, it is a taboo subject where I currently live; even amongst subject specialists. That taboo is probably  political. i can guess why it works out that way, but no one ever seems even inclined to just say simply to me that my hunch is correct. (They don't need to be any more explicit than that, if they truly need to maintain their security in this rather untransparent society.) I have told a few locally, but again they seem inclined to sweep it under the rug, and in many cases probably probably don't know very much about autism. An extra thing is that my own acceptance/rejection of my own self-identification (and another person's diagnosis/assessment) seems to cycle through  both those poles on a daily basis. The general trend is always acceptance at the end of the day, but that constant oscillation leaves me feeling not up to the task of better informing others.

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  • I have thought about it, but it isn't at all practical. There is someone in my family who is probably too old ever to be told, who might wrongly blame themselves for something for which there should really be no blame attached. Added to which, the few people who have been told would probably be more comfortable if it is swept under the carpet. Also, it is a taboo subject where I currently live; even amongst subject specialists. That taboo is probably  political. i can guess why it works out that way, but no one ever seems even inclined to just say simply to me that my hunch is correct. (They don't need to be any more explicit than that, if they truly need to maintain their security in this rather untransparent society.) I have told a few locally, but again they seem inclined to sweep it under the rug, and in many cases probably probably don't know very much about autism. An extra thing is that my own acceptance/rejection of my own self-identification (and another person's diagnosis/assessment) seems to cycle through  both those poles on a daily basis. The general trend is always acceptance at the end of the day, but that constant oscillation leaves me feeling not up to the task of better informing others.

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