I'm a Celebrity get Me out of Here 2023 #5

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Chatterbox2412 said:
I think it’s more that all Z listers currently claim to be adhd/autistic and use it for content as though it’s a trend - I’ll guarantee half of them have no actual diagnosis (not saying Sam is like this). It’s like they all claim to have depression & anxiety cos they are having a crap day…
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I’ve never personally seen any Z listers make adhd or autistic content lol
Also most neurodivergent people I know (including myself being autistic) see self diagnosis as valid because formal diagnosis isn’t always accessible or affordable, so tbh this doesn’t really matter in my opinion as the way I see it if someone is autistic they are still autistic with or without formal Diagnosis

I don’t think it’s fair for people to suggest any Z lister who says they have it must be lying, but agree to disagree I guess (this is in response to the initial comment by the other person)
 
I now know more people (including children) who have autism then those who don’t. That’s either through formal diagnosis or self diagnosis.

I do often wonder if the self diagnosis (or even the professional diagnosis) is always reliable? Does suffering with anxiety / having social phobias necessary mean that we are autistic? Is it not sometimes a personality trait or a symptom of having to live in a post pandemic society / reliance on social media?

My own thoughts obviously - not pretending to be an expert on autism.
 
Emxxx said:
I struggled with work. And change. And I had alot of time off sick. But I wasn't 'sick' looking back I was just so drained with the fear of the unknown.
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I feel you. That is the exact reason I went for diagnosis, I realised autism probably would explain why I could only ever go 6 weeks of normal life before being heavily burned out, heightened anxiety and getting physically sick.
 
user5748 said:
I feel you. That is the exact reason I went for diagnosis, I realised autism probably would explain why I could only ever go 6 weeks of normal life before being heavily burned out, heightened anxiety and getting physically sick.
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Sounds just like me. I wondered why my sickness record was so high.
 
Emxxx said:
I am also diagnosed with 3 anxiety disorders. What gets me is when people say 'I had a full on panic attack just then'. No, you really didn't.
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You wouldn't be online saying it if you had. Gtfooh. The thing is I go from being normal looking to just full on tears in seconds no panic attack it builds up in my head omg I can't cope omg I can't do this and then I'm crying my eyes out because the printer won't print a receipt and I have a queue of customers waiting
 
Miss Havisham said:
I now know more people (including children) who have autism then those who don’t. That’s either through formal diagnosis or self diagnosis.

I do often wonder if the self diagnosis (or even the professional diagnosis) is always reliable? Does suffering with anxiety / having social phobias necessary mean that we are autistic? Is it not sometimes a personality trait or a symptom of having to live in a post pandemic society / reliance on social media?

My own thoughts obviously - not pretending to be an expert on autism.
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I do think that’s possible and autistic traits have a high overlap with CPTSD, so many people who think they might be autistic potentially aren’t, but might have PTSD or CPTSD.
 
Reality_tv_lover said:
You wouldn't be online saying it if you had. Gtfooh. The thing is I go from being normal looking to just full on tears in seconds no panic attack it builds up in my head omg I can't cope omg I can't do this and then I'm crying my eyes out because the printer won't print a receipt and I have a queue of customers waiting
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Its not necessarily people online, it's people in my personal life too. Does my head in.
 
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