DSM 5 and the elimination of AS , and serverity levels ...

Post Reply New Topic

I have been reading about this stuff, and it is giving me some anxieties. something is not right about this. there is a problem with the world, and the way people think. we are not supposed to question it. it may be why this dsm-5 is written this way. there is a fool the fool mentality with this I think. it doesn't have to make sence, it just has to work (good luck). to be perfectly honest, I really don't want to tell the outside world that I took a test, and it shows I have a disability anyways. actually, with the exception of quite a few major bumps, and hurdles I had to overcome when I was younger, and the meltdown I had from my last job, and especially the job before that wich made me seek this place out, and the support i did not get from all the "normal" friends and family, because they do not understand. i have been doing pritty well. i just wish people could understand me, maybe not be soo social, stop telling me i need to smile more, stop making fun of the way i am, and call it constructive criticism. basically just shutup, let me do a job and say "it's o.k., it's just him... and hey, mr. sociopathic, narcissistic, mentally abusive, toxic, overlysocial, pranking trickster, gamer, lying guy!! ! leave him alone!! ! that means you too mr. manager, boss, owner guy!! !" once again, im sorry for being me. and thank you for your support. im going to do what I do best now... fix a car or two.

I have been reading about this stuff, and it is giving me some anxieties. something is not right about this. there is a problem with the world, and the way people think. we are not supposed to question it. it may be why this dsm-5 is written this way. there is a fool the fool mentality with this I think. it doesn't have to make sence, it just has to work (good luck). to be perfectly honest, I really don't want to tell the outside world that I took a test, and it shows I have a disability anyways. actually, with the exception of quite a few major bumps, and hurdles I had to overcome when I was younger, and the meltdown I had from my last job, and especially the job before that wich made me seek this place out, and the support i did not get from all the "normal" friends and family, because they do not understand. i have been doing pritty well. i just wish people could understand me, maybe not be soo social, stop telling me i need to smile more, stop making fun of the way i am, and call it constructive criticism. basically just shutup, let me do a job and say "it's o.k., it's just him... and hey, mr. sociopathic, narcissistic, mentally abusive, toxic, overlysocial, pranking trickster, gamer, lying guy!! ! leave him alone!! ! that means you too mr. manager, boss, owner guy!! !" once again, im sorry for being me. and thank you for your support. im going to do what I do best now... fix a car or two.

I am a bit confused about what “requiring support” really means?
- That you can function only if someone if taking care of you (a parent, a spouse, etc.)?
- That you can function, but only if you are under the care of a Psychiatrist (and under some form of drug regiment) or a Psychologist (and under constant therapy)?
- ...

I am married and have children. I have been steadily employed for a reasonable period of time (last 6 months). I am not not currently under the care of a Psychiatrist and/or Psychologist and/or Therapist. At this moment in time, I have figured out how to cope/compensate/survive. As such, technically, no “support” is needed.

But then, if the world blows up (divorce, job loss, my depression increases, my anxiety increases), and things fall apart and suddenly, I need the help of a Psychiatrist and/or Psychologist and/or Therapist, then “support” is needed.

It's almost as if you can "go in and out" of the diagnosis, based upon your ability to cope at a particular moment in time.

This seems so, uh, wrong. Am I missing something?

Does the dsm v change affect those outside the USA?

Does the dsm v change affect those outside the USA?

here is the deal that fascinates me. in order for someone to find out what is going on with an individual, they need to go through testing, and yadda yadda. it costs alot of money in the USA (NO SUPPORT). supposedly after they come to the conclusion that something is, or is not going on with that individual, they may, or may not decide weather or not support is needed, wich may, or may not be a correct assessment, and, or, evaluation. now this is where the fun begins. supposedly most of the problems come from "social" issues. say you have me for instance. definately have social issues with the social norm. say I go seek out these tests, and they find issues, which I know they will if I waste my money. i tell them I need help, because I had a meltdown at work and lost my job, wich I did. I tell them I cannot keep a job for more than 3 years (my personal record), because I do not know how to deal with these people. I become a target for abuse, people get hostile towards me, lie, bully me, I get alot of anxiety, cannot understand why people gang up on me, and turn me into a scapegoat. i have talked to human resources before, and lost my job. one time I had a boss try to beat me up, and than fire me. he lost his job, they suspended me for 3 days, and I had to pay for my medical bills for a sprained finger from dodging punches. they did everything they could to make my life difficult, and get me out after that. now I cannot handle the work environment anymore, because people scare the heck out of me, and I am afraid of going back into the work environment because of my social issues I have (personally i don't think it is me). they have obviously been fully recorded in the DSM-5, and it is me because they say so. I have had approximately 12 jobs in 15 years. some let me go, and some i felt i needed to quit from " a lack of support", and i need "support". so these super genius dsm-5 guys, and girls ask me "what is it that you do". well. I am an advanced level automotive technician, a master engine machinist, an undercar specialist, I am bosch certified in automotive electrical repair, and diagnostics. I am sure I can fix anything with an engine in or on anything. that's what I do, that's what I have done. EVERY TIME!! ! I get temper tantrums. I swear alot. I cannot help it. I do not throw anything, and I do not ruin anything. I just get mad at cars, and call them dirty names and stuff, sometimes I yell at the cars. when they are fixed, I get all happy, sometimes put my hands up in the air, and scream "I WIN!! !". I have broken records in dollar amounts while working with people in two different companies, two years in a row back to back (one was a state record). one of the jobs I had I was #6 in having the lowest comback rate in the nation (under 3%) in a fortune 100 company. the others that placed higher than me made less profit, and did less work (the average being 12-15%). I have aspergers syndrome (like Henry Ford). which is no longer on the dsm-5. I need support. help me. will I get any??? I get the feeling I will be wasting my money, and get laughed at. I have never had support from a shrink anyways. even when I probably desperately needed it. my life has been a living hell. some of these people want me back. I can't do it. I think about what they put me through, wonder why the dsm-5 says i have a problem that is not socially accepted, especially when people realize what they lost, and also wonder why the things I have been through are not made illegal, and in some cases just easier to see that it is. ESPECIALLY WHEN HUMAN RESOURCES IS INVOLVED, STICKS UP FOR THE COMPANY, AND DOESNT DO ANYTHING.! !! my behavior may not be socially acceptable, however it is not illegal either, and I am not a felon. so what are we talking about here. that's the million dollar question. personally, I still think neurotypical people lack social diversity, which is unquestionably the most important social skill in the universe. if this is true, it would make the dsm-5, and all the ones before it very wrong.