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06 May 2011, 10:30 pm

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What I get confused on is ASDs and personality disorders. Why must one preclude the other? It seems, definitely, both could exist in the same person without any friction whatsoever.


That's my point exactly. The ASD is the underlying condition and it is NOT a personality disordering. However, if one has an ASD and one grows up without any support, especially in an abusive environment, it stands to reason that one's personality would get all screwed up trying to deal with both the ASD and the abuse at the same time.

I completely agree. Let's say someone with an ASD and a high IQ grows up in an environment where everyone is very appreciative and believes the person is capable of doing anything, is exceptional and is bragged about on a regular basis. This person could develop a narcissistic personality due to being constantly lauded by others, reaping cartloads of attention.
It's perfectly logical, those with ASDs are as susceptible to personality disorders as anyone else.



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06 May 2011, 11:33 pm

I think psychological labels should be thrown away and people should rather be looked as possessing a list of qualities/characteristics (Or symptoms, depending on how you want to look at it.).


If then psychologically categorizing people is desired, then among the symptoms, psychologists could then place overlapping circles that more fully describe the condition rather than a single circle that describes 70% of it (Or 125%, depending on how much the psychological stereotype overshoots the list of symptoms.). It seems obvious to me that many psychological diagnoses have large overlaps and that it's quite possible to possess more symptoms than a single disorder could describe.



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06 May 2011, 11:47 pm

Diagnoses would be entertaining to write down.



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07 May 2011, 12:00 am

swbluto wrote:
I think psychological labels should be thrown away and people should rather be looked as possessing a list of qualities/characteristics (Or symptoms, depending on how you want to look at it.).


If then psychologically categorizing people is desired, then among the symptoms, psychologists could then place overlapping circles that more fully describe the condition rather than a single circle that describes 70% of it (Or 125%, depending on how much the psychological stereotype overshoots the list of symptoms.). It seems obvious to me that many psychological conditions have large overlaps and that it's quite possible to possess more symptoms than a single disorder could describe.

Labels can be very destructive.