2026-06-26 20:30 UTC
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@graymattergrcltd@infosec.exchange 2026-06-27 09:56
@KatyElphinstone@mas.to after 60 years, I’m now having silent heart attacks. My husband started asking about symptoms. I explained that, yes, I was having symptoms but I just ignore them. That’s what I’ve learned to do after being ignored, accused of “faking it” for attention (when the last thing I want as an autistic is attention), musdiagnosed, medicated, and told that CBT would sort me out. I filter out body signals to the point that dizziness, nausea, crushing fatigue, pain in my jaw, and other signals of a heart attack are just a Tuesday.
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@jordgubben@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-06-26 20:58
@KatyElphinstone@mas.to Here in lil Sweden it’s apparently quite common for younger war refugees (mainly boys) with various forms of PTSD to be misdiagnosed with ADHD. Not sure exactly how similar the ADHD and PTSD symptoms are, but I can imagine restlessness and difficulty to direct focus being components in the later. Although symptoms similar causes and support needs are different. This usually does not end well.
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@blaubeer@mastodon.social 2026-06-26 22:18
@KatyElphinstone@mas.to I like the "or" in #3 :-(
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@eirias@mefi.social 2026-06-27 12:43
@KatyElphinstone@mas.to This really resonates with what my family went through before our kid was diagnosed. There was a lot of effort put into controlling minorly odd behaviors like chewing on pencils or tipping back in a chair, but as the attempts to shape behavior intensified, the behaviors didn't really subside so much as get replaced with ones that really were problematic, like stealing stuff from teachers. At the same time we saw growing evidence of pretty intense stress (e.g. enuresis in a kid who previously had no bladder concerns). It was truly insane behavior on the part of the teachers, looking back, and we as parents went along with it because we didn't know what else to do. An awful time in our lives.