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DarthVolod on 28 November 2013
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Soleron said:

Yes, diagnosed at 11

Best way I can put it is that you lack automatic social skills. Can't read others' emotions, can't naturally empathise, very inflexible to change/needs a rigid routine, obsessive, and very easy to get sensory overload e.g. in normal everyday situations feel overwhelmed and have to leave.

 

I don't mean to come off as insensitive, but aren't a lot of those things just normal parts of life that everyone goes through? Most kids are shy, and they can't read emotions because they lack the social experience/knowledge of an adult. Skills must be developed over time in the same fashion as a school subject like math or something ... you don't start in the 1st grade with calculus ... you need basic skills first.

Also, is there anyone that does enjoy constant change? Most people have routines, and those that don't live pretty stressful lives. More change means more mental exertion and stress. Change can be good, but I have never heard of someone who thrives on constant change.

Everyone can be kind of obsessive about something or several things ... we all develop interests and hobbies this seems like something normal to me. For example, I collect videogames ... I have hundreds and I spend coutless hours cleaning them, categorizing them, updating a detailed log of which ones I have and don't have, etc. It is a hobby that brings me joy ... not a mental disorder, but an outsider who lacks an appreciation for such a hobby would probably consider it to be obsessive.

Sensory overload, I would imagine, works differently for everyone. As a child I can recall being really sensitive to loud noises. I would sometimes even leave movies or social events because there was just too much noise, and I felt overwhelmed. I don't really have that problem anymore, but I don't think my past experiences were indicative of any kind of mental disorder or instability ... just greater sensitivity I guess.



I also am fully against any drugs being prescribed (mostly America). They do not help the condition itself, they just for example sedate you so other people can cope with you.

 

I completely agree with you here. I am going to go ahead and assume that your diagnosis did not involve any kind of established medical test (there are none for mental disorders). To prescribe drugs based on one person's belief that you have a mental disorder seems remarkably irresponsible.

Giving patients powerful drugs to cure illnesses that can not be proven to exist outside of a subjective interview from a psychologist is so grossly negligent that I am surprised nobody considers it to be malpractice.