This! A lot of people seem to forget that in order to get a diagnose it has to cause a disturbance in normal life. Myself included, as a late diagnosed autistic person.
Coping mechanisms are like adding cotton around the spikes (aka. struggles) of the diagnose / disorder. They do not remove the struggles but instead make them less visible. But if you push enough on a spike it will eventually push the cotton away and the spike with be more prominent.
Most people have small spikes that don’t cause a lot of trouble but may make the person say they have a bit of [disorder]. But it is not a disorder as they don’t have loads of comping mechanism and a disturbance in normal life. It’s just a normal human variation.
This! A lot of people seem to forget that in order to get a diagnose it has to cause a disturbance in normal life. Myself included, as a late diagnosed autistic person.
Coping mechanisms are like adding cotton around the spikes (aka. struggles) of the diagnose / disorder. They do not remove the struggles but instead make them less visible. But if you push enough on a spike it will eventually push the cotton away and the spike with be more prominent.
Most people have small spikes that don’t cause a lot of trouble but may make the person say they have a bit of [disorder]. But it is not a disorder as they don’t have loads of comping mechanism and a disturbance in normal life. It’s just a normal human variation.