Kiprobalhato wrote:
SentientPotato wrote:
Oh no, I'm well-aware of individuality and such, it's just that when I see a issue that commonly comes up that I feel I know next to nothing about it makes me wonder, both what people saw in me back then and of how right or wrong they were. Obviously I haven't eliminated it from the realm of possibility as I found my way here (plus I'd be lying if I said I were perfectly normal, being the introvert that I am), but I'm still a skeptic.
okie, thanks. i often wonder the same thing. i was diagnosed at age 4. it has been so long since then, and i was obviously so different that i have to wonder, does it really still stand? i haven't really been "tested" since then.
maybe if they did test me now, they'd find i wasn't really on it. the spectrum. i really don't know how i'd feel if it turns out that's true.
If anything, the term is broader now than it was years ago. Labels may be changed around for some people and others get added when they would not have been previously considered, but outright removal? That's probably a rarer occurence. Not sure.
Another thing to note that keeps me skeptical is the supposed root cause of it all -- a dose of a medication used to treat an asthma attack my mom got while pregnant with me that was stronger than she should've gotten. At the same time there's a little what-if scenario that plays in the back of my mind -- what if it turned out I were on it due to inheritance, but that little incident actually nullified certain traits I would have otherwise gotten? One of those things where something meant to break you actually winds up saving you. Who knows? Maybe it's just more gibberish I'm coming up with while trying to define myself.