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[–]HelloMomo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

we also need to be talking about autism. A disproportionate number of these kids with dysphoria have autism, and there are no doubt more undiagnosed.

I have a personal anecdote about this, though I don't quite know what to make of it yet. Recently I was helping my dad organize old stuff of his. He had this box of old self-help books, so I looked through it, and a couple of them were about Asperger's in girls, and how parents can help their daughters. I asked my dad about it, "Did you think I had Asperger's when I was younger?" And he said that around middle school they considered the possibility that I might, and talked to a therapist about it, though it was ultimately ruled that I didn't.

What I find really interesting about this story is that even though I didn't actually have autism, around the time when I had dysphoria, I was exhibiting autism-like behaviors anyways.

[–]Constantine 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is interesting. I'm reading Irreversible Damage right now, and while the author doesn't talk much about autism (which is a major flaw I think, given the subject matter), she does explain over and over again how perfectly-healthy girls seem to become more and more mentally unstable as they go down the gender rabbit hole. I imagine this is a chicken and egg problem, but it's worth discussing.