Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone feel like they are defective with their diagnosis? It’s a term I use to describe myself a lot and I’m always berated for it by others - mostly professionals - but I am very literal in what I say so my choice of word I believe is correct. I grant a lack of self worth is a factor in how I evaluate myself but I don’t think calling myself defective (or weird is the other label I give myself) is in any way unfair.
Evidentially: I can’t make friends for trying, my outlooks on the world and others are abstract, I can’t cope with some basic things many can - defective right?
the fish that developed the first leg ( strong fins ), where they defective ? well yes a variation in genes did it and because it was an advantage it is seen as progress/good/advantageous to that population of fish.
no 2 humans are the same ( except for identical twins and clones ) .
all humans are different from each other and so are you.
so "different" is not only better for u mentally, ie not negative , it is actual more accurate.
Others have said that but realistically my ‘differences’ are a deficiency compared to most rather than than being equal. I can’t help but be honest but my specialist hard my frank but honest views of myself.
Deficiencies in a world designed by and for neurotypical people perhaps, but unlikely to be deficiencies to those of us that understand you.