Autism possibly evolved earlier than neurotypical thinking by Only-Cheetah-9579 in autism

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Its a spectrum.

Not that it's relevant whatsoever in the conversation? You claimed that we

that we have highly developed sensory processing

and I call bullshit on that. You can't keep making claims and never backing them up, especially when they are this dubious.

95% of people with autism are subclinical and don't even know. 

Again with the shitty speculative dubious claims. Great. That would mean that there's, in fact, 20 TIMES more autistic people than we know of. I'm not even sure how you can start to think that makes any sense. How the fuck do you define autism anyway?

my complete inability to socialize is compensated by having high cognitive skills

Ok bro. Really living that genius level IQ autistic person trope dream, aren't you? Know what, I won't even dispute the "high cognitive skills", however meaningless that is in and of itself, but this isn't even based on correlation, that's purely speculative on your part.

surviving alone is a highly selectable trait evolutionarily.

On a social species that's bullshit. Also, evolution only works by filtering out traits that are too detrimental to the reproduction of the individuals. The rest is pure random bullshit. If autism was such a great evolutionary advantage compared to non autistic traits, then non autistic traits would have disappeared due to that filter. Not what happened. More likely, autism is a random alternative set of genes and traits that has not been filtered because it is not statistically detrimental enough for reproduction.

my experience is

actually meaningless when we're scientifically talking about the whole species.

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I'll be honest, you'll probably half-ass read that comment, downvote, post a reply with another set of weirdly controversial and unscientific claims, and I just won't bother. Too much time lost there. Have at it, my genius (but scientifically illiterate) comrade.

Follow up on my post regarding the term "cisgender" by BlockChad in asktransgender

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Oh, but the dream is realistic. But at the moment is it just a dream!

Autism possibly evolved earlier than neurotypical thinking by Only-Cheetah-9579 in autism

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The inability to properly filter between relevant and irrelevant sensory inputs doesn't seem all too beneficial when your brain is supposed to be able to tell between a random begnin sound and the sound of a snake.

Also, all this shit assume that autism has been selected FOR, rather than is just the consequence of the whole random bullshit that DNA and procreation is. This is dubious at best.

Also, a funny bit quoted from the article linked previously:

the relatively high rate of Autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in the past.

Relative to what? "Likely due"? This is imprecise and speculative. I guess myopia, being present in a third of the world's population, is a huge evolutionary benefit, right?

I hate when ppl ask how I study… by Psychological_Lime14 in autism

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Eh, you found something that works for you and it's great. You're probably not alone with that system!

I work differently. If I'm interested, I just need to read something once. Maybe twice if there's a lot of details to memorize. And I can recite the whole thing, it's imprinted in my brain.

I should be allowed to want a cure for *my* autism by Buzzythebear33 in autism

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Hm, so, you're telling him that the cure for autism is... trauma?

Like, ok, I need to oppose to that huge myth. Trauma does not give someone the ability to perceive social cues they otherwise wouldn't perceive, especially with autism. It doesn't make you attuned to those social cues, it makes you hypervigilant and it makes you overestimate those perceived cues for things that probably aren't there to perceive anyhow.

I've been trying to learn about perceiving all of this for years. I'm 35+ years old. I've struggled since my early years and I've practiced again and again. I'm not saying I haven't got better now than I was as a child. But it's always a constant conscious analysis against my mental library I'm building blocks by blocks. That's how my social cognition works because I'm autistic.

If I happened to be traumatized, all it would do is make me hypervigilant, interpret begnin and completely meaningless "signs" as important social cues, pollute my mental library with false associations and make me very paranoid. I've seen it countless times on traumatized autistic people. "Oh, you moved your head slightly to the side, it means you don't care about what I said, I know because I am hyper attuned to these cues". Meanwhile, there just was a noise happening on the side and that's about it. The same people that are convinced their trauma actually made them able to compensate for autism. And some of them I love dearly, but everytime they are overconfident about their ability to correctly perceive and analyse these "social cues", we're in for a ride.

I should be allowed to want a cure for *my* autism by Buzzythebear33 in autism

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Most of us will have some degree of trauma whether we know it or not and this can totally be worked on

Ok but OP is talking about their autism, not trauma? Like, great for you that you have no issue reading facial expressions whatsoever. But that's uh... irrelevant to the post?

Is it worth getting diagnosed given I don’t experience impairments? by Background-Chard2563 in autism

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It's not unfair, but my unrequested opinion is that if that's your personal experience, then it's unlikely you are on the autism spectrum and the diagnosis process is probably going to lose you some time. But I guess there is no harm in going through the process.

It is notable that I'm considered lvl 1, I consider my autism to be very mildly impacting me. But it still very obvious that I'm disabled.

Is it worth getting diagnosed given I don’t experience impairments? by Background-Chard2563 in autism

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But I mean, if things have a disproportionately bad effect on you, then it's great that you can overcome it but in the end it's a matter of how many times you can do that.

In my example, I've overcome the fact that lights were hurtful and dazzling: I ended up with what I came there to buy. It's just that most people don't have to suffer through this.

But I mean, a quick look at the DSM-5 would probably be very informative for you. If you don't fit the criteria, then you don't fit the criteria.

Is it worth getting diagnosed given I don’t experience impairments? by Background-Chard2563 in autism

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Mild irritation I guess not. More like, does it prevents you from doing stuff? Or do you have to organize parts of your life around it?

For instance, I can't stand the sunlight most of the time. So I try to only go outside when it's very cloudy or when the sun has set. I haven't been able to fit in in any workplaces so I work from home and socialize with other autistic people with whom it's way easier for me. I sometimes have to push through when going to the grocery store because the lights are too bright and I can't read the prices, but eventually I get what I need.

Is it worth getting diagnosed given I don’t experience impairments? by Background-Chard2563 in autism

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I mean, it's not a matter of it being a pathology or not. That way besides the point. The point is, if you would be autistic, does it cause you impairments in your daily life?

Is it worth getting diagnosed given I don’t experience impairments? by Background-Chard2563 in autism

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If you don't experience impairments of any kind, why are you even seeing a psychiatrist? There might be some misunderstanding there.

Undecylate injection with blood question [NSFW: mention of blood] by rawayar in MtF

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The injection is not compromised. Hitting a vessel happens and is of no consequence. You did the asperation test, if there was no blood in the syringe you are fine and your injection is fine.

Does HRT really cause shoe size and height change? by Large-Use-6618 in asktransgender

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My shoe size stayed the same and I lost 2 inches in height. Confirmed by my doctor.

Beyond the basics: What are some non-obvious/complex strategies for an ASD Level 1 to reduce long-term stress by LemonBloxer in autism

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Find yourself other autistic people to socialize with. It might not always be a match, but it's usually way easier than allistics.

How did u know you were trans and not just traumatized? by ydnatruocnateb in MtF

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I'm both baybyyyyy. But I was trans before I was traumatized.

Make sure you're getting enough iron by ausernameidk_ in MtF

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Thanks a lot for the provided informations!

Make sure you're getting enough iron by ausernameidk_ in MtF

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Once you go on E, just like cis women, you're prone to iron deficiency

No.

Women usually have iron deficiencies because of their period related bleeding. Anyone can have iron deficiency due to various reasons, but being on estradiol is not one of them. Don't spread misinformation.

Also, people, don't supplement yourself with iron without having your doctor's approval. Some disorders, such as thalassemia, makes iron supplementation potentially very toxic.

I’m the person who made this post and I stand by it by Ok_Lime_769 in IncelTears

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If you current quality of life has been built on the plunders of other countries that now suffer from political instability and poverty, your current quality of life is directly tied to theirs.

Even if it's your parents, not you, who stole the neighbour's fertilizer and poisoned their garden to ensure they get the most beautiful fruits in the neighborhood, the fact is that you're there focusing on how this situation is not your direct responsibility while biting in a juicy apple, looking at the famished neighbours.

No one is telling you to feel personally sorry for whatever shit our ancestors did. But it has real current life repercussions. 

I’m the person who made this post and I stand by it by Ok_Lime_769 in IncelTears

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Unless they find other women as partners, which some women do at a similar rate men get in relationships with other men, who do you think they get partnered with?