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And yes, diagnosed cPTSD too. Bullied at home and at school on these grounds. Imagine that pain.
I can imagine. Both giftedness and autism come with enhanced hypersensitivity pertaining senses, emotions, cosensitive empathy, sense of justice and truth. I remember well how I felt back then, I can imagine some people having it worse or feeling in similar ways (contrary to most believes we autistic people do have a theory of mind, it's just in little children that it usually develops both later and quite slowly; also we lack cognitive empathy but our cosensitive/emotional one is usually overdeveloped and hypersensitive).
I currently lack a cPTSD diagnosis mostly because I do not do drug abuse or self medication and I do not lash out at people easily: other than that I 100% am a textbook definition but some professionals told me it might be due to being autistic, traumatised and in severe burnout and that they'd rather avoid giving a plethora of psychiatric diagnoses that in my country could sometimes prove not as helpful as they can be stigmatising.
Comment by theconstellinguist at 30/01/2024 at 02:14 UTC
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"Finally, there is a need to develop more sensitive diagnostic measures for PTSD, tailored to the specific characteristics of individuals with ASD. We currently know of only one attempt to develop such a measure (**the Trauma symptoms Investigation Form in Autistic Spectrum Disorders [TIF-ASD]; Mehtar & Mukaddes, 2011)**. Additional attempts in that direction would enable a more accurate evaluation of posttraumatic responses among this clinical population. The world of mental health has made a long journey to understand the multifaceted nature of resilience and vulnerability in the face of traumatic stress. Those affected by developmental difficulties could significantly benefit from special scientific and clinical attention, as there is reason to believe that they may face increased risk for both trauma exposure and adverse posttraumatic implications. Despite numerous overlaps, the fields of ASD and trauma have yet to be sufficiently integrated."
You can tell them to actually do the research you pay them to do and administer you that test. The research clearly states as far as I know (and I graduated almost 10 years ago) that those with autism are more likely to have PTSD/cPTSD due to being autistic in a world that doesn't understand them and is too lazy to care to in most cases.
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2017-31432-001.pdf[1][2]