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Arthema wrote:

Waifu wrote:

Ella wrote:

Abby wrote:
I don't know since half or more of the things I got diagnosed with I never thought that I have em,
or that they existed,
maybe besides depression and my anxiety, nothing

I thought i had all sorts of stuff until i found out it was anxiety, somehow i never came across that 😬

I always thought depression was the biggest culprit in my mental health but no it's my anxiety affecting me super much so yea

anxiety is very complicated and takes many forms so i think it can be easy to miss it sometimes idk??? even when i had daily anxiety attacks i didnt realise anxiety affected me that much lmao

it looks like it is always one of those sneaky lil bitches.
or in most cases..
and yeah it can even creep up on u after a long time of you working on it and thinking you're better and then BOOM big panic attack

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remains wrote:
self diagnosing autism is fine, neurotypical people dont just suddenly start thinking theyre not.
it's not like diagnosis changes anything other than feeling validated and possibly getting related therapy easier if needed
if you're not 100% sure, look into adhd and how it overlaps with autism. a lot of the traits are v similar or just same
also feel free to talk to me abt it i got diagnosed at 19 after self diagnosing

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Rotte wrote:

Waifu wrote:

Ella wrote:

Abby wrote:
I don't know since half or more of the things I got diagnosed with I never thought that I have em,
or that they existed,
maybe besides depression and my anxiety, nothing

I thought i had all sorts of stuff until i found out it was anxiety, somehow i never came across that 😬

I always thought depression was the biggest culprit in my mental health but no it's my anxiety affecting me super much so yea

anxiety is very complicated and takes many forms so i think it can be easy to miss it sometimes idk??? even when i had daily anxiety attacks i didnt realise anxiety affected me that much lmao

Yea i was first doomed very sensitive at like pre-teen age maybe, then i got older and worse, it took them a good time too see it was anxiety.
I thought too it could be depression or yea idek, because i had symptoms on different stuff and i was like, hmm? but it was literally nothing i had found.

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Arthema wrote:

Ella wrote:

Waifu wrote:

Ella wrote:
I thought i had all sorts of stuff until i found out it was anxiety, somehow i never came across that 😬

I always thought depression was the biggest culprit in my mental health but no it's my anxiety affecting me super much so yea

anxiety is very complicated and takes many forms so i think it can be easy to miss it sometimes idk??? even when i had daily anxiety attacks i didnt realise anxiety affected me that much lmao

Yea i was first doomed very sensitive at like pre-teen age maybe, then i got older and worse, it took them a good time too see it was anxiety.
I thought too it could be depression or yea idek, because i had symptoms on different stuff and i was like, hmm? but it was literally nothing i had found.

I feel ya, since I have depression (I don't remember the full name, the big depressi) and some different types of anxieties , but we can take care of it and ourselves
I hope you take care of yourself and are not too harsh when you're stressed

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Ella wrote:

Abby wrote:
I don't know since half or more of the things I got diagnosed with I never thought that I have em,
or that they existed,
maybe besides depression and my anxiety, nothing

I thought i had all sorts of stuff until i found out it was anxiety, somehow i never came across that 😬

don't they overlap sometimes ? like have similar ''look'' on the outside? and sometimes you can actually have both (one can cause the another i think? i'm not an expert)

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Ruee wrote:

Ella wrote:

Abby wrote:
I don't know since half or more of the things I got diagnosed with I never thought that I have em,
or that they existed,
maybe besides depression and my anxiety, nothing

I thought i had all sorts of stuff until i found out it was anxiety, somehow i never came across that 😬

don't they overlap sometimes ? like have similar ''look'' on the outside? and sometimes you can actually have both (one can cause the another i think? i'm not an expert)

yea it's pretty common to have both at the same time

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Arthema wrote:

Ruee wrote:

Ella wrote:

Abby wrote:
I don't know since half or more of the things I got diagnosed with I never thought that I have em,
or that they existed,
maybe besides depression and my anxiety, nothing

I thought i had all sorts of stuff until i found out it was anxiety, somehow i never came across that 😬

don't they overlap sometimes ? like have similar ''look'' on the outside? and sometimes you can actually have both (one can cause the another i think? i'm not an expert)

yeah common to have em together,
my psychiatrist thinks my anxiety came from my depression

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Claire wrote:
I think it's really dangerous to like emotionally attach yourself to a diagnosis without a doctor confirming it. I think it's a good and smart thing to research your symptoms and be able to tell a doctor "Hey- I think I might be dealing with _____ based on _____ and _____" but it's really important to not think "I MUST HAVE" whatever it is before seeing a doctor. I wish people would think about mental illness more like physical illness. Like if I get a UTI I'm pretty sure I have a UTI- but I need a doctor to tell me for sure if that's what I have cause one time it wasn't a UTI like I thought it was it was BV lmao. I went into the office and said "I have a UTI!!! I need an antibiotic!!!" And they were like okay well let's test you. And it turned out an antibiotic would have been a BAD idea because that's what CAUSES BV lmao. That is the same as with mental illnesses. We can think "Man I think I have depression" and be real sure of it but then work it out with the doctor that maybe what we have is a bipolar disorder or something similar for example.