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Catlover

Ok, I started talking therapy for a number of issues. I didn’t expect an autism specialist lol, but I didn’t expect to hear this in the first 10 minutes:

Oh, but you sound very able.

You must have it really mild.

Me: there’s no such thing as mild autism, you either have autism or you don’t.

oh, so you don’t have it then.

Me: Yes! I am autistic, I have a diagnosis. I’m pointing out that you cannot get a diagnosis if you don’t meet all the criteria and if it doesn’t affect how you live your life each day.

I can’t be bothered to outline the rest. But putting that aside, it was good to air some things I’ve otherwise never spoken about.

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  • Oh that’s awful... I’m so sorry. I don’t know but can you get someone else? This just does not sound good at all. The therapist is super uninformed... did the therapist  know in advance that you are autistic? Because if they did it is even less acceptable- being uninformed is one thing but then I feel like it is their duty to remedy that and to at least not make comments about something they clearly have no clue about... 

    I desperately need help with stress and anxiety management actually as it’s having a huge impact (including on eating, health, sleep etc) and I’ve tried various therapists in UK and other countries and sadly so far they have been useless at best and some even caused harm. I have lost hope a bit and feel let down but I do think there are people out there that can help. I would just be very careful with possibly  incompetent therapists like the one you saw... as they can cause harm. I really hope you can get someone else or if you can’t and you want to give this one another chance I hope your current therapist puts some time into informing themselves- you could even raise it that what happened last time was unhelpful and not ok. Listen to your instincts, if it doesn’t feel right maybe better to not see that person again.. 

  • in reply to Ann :)

    The rapist. Put them together and what have you got?

    Someone being paid good money to talk down to you.

    Probably a bit cynical, but I'd be more inclined to want to participate if we both got paid...

  • in reply to I Sperg

    That reminds me that my dad worked briefly in a bookies as a young man and some guy came in to put a bet on a horse, uttering the legend ‘I’ll put a tenner (or sixties equivalent) on Hypno the Rapist’

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