Positivity / WholesomeJK Rowling's acknowledgment of internalized homophobia as a common motivation for transitioning

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[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I'll note my mum is GC, so she wouldn't have let me transition, but still, there would be a ton of social pressure on her regardless.

And you're right. Most people, especially if they're women, tend to manage well enough not to get diagnosed until adulthood. My rule of thumb are people who put autistic followed by a plethora of other conditions in their Twitter bio are usually not autistic; they might've felt socially awkward once in their life, but that's about it.

[–]wendyokoopa1 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's my thinking to. All those things have done is made autism worse. Seriously. Many autistics despite many being high functioning are now afraid to "come out". We're afraid of the stigma then the larpers. I mean everyone preyed on Chris Chan EVERYONE. I have to even make this statement after what you just said I could say I also have ocd(both diagnosed by a real professional) and now thanks to tik tok and Twitter my autism/aspergers is probably invalidated because I have one other condition. Buzzfeed, Twitter tik tok and to a lesser extent Facebook were the worst things ever created. BTW yes I know Chris Chans family didn't help his situation I won't deny that but neither did that Isabella or anyone else.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Comorbidity is common (most autistic people have some degree of anxiety/depression at the very least), but I'm sceptical when everyone and their mother has autism, especially when I'm unable to see their full body language and only see exaggerated TikToks (always fascinating that they always have their camera on and filming when they're showing overtly autistic behaviours, hmmmm). Someone like Chris Chan was closely monitored, so it was easy to pick out that there was something different about him.

[–]wendyokoopa1 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Me I don't want my overt behaviors filmed. But I do have a transcript of my diagnosis in the bedroom