Ah, man, everybody has autistic traits! I also like to keep my room tidy... NO!! SO NOT THIS!
Do not: Normalize terminology of psychological diagnoses!
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On MSN I read a nice piece about the frequent use of comments like 'well, that I am my autistic trait' and 'he is the ADHD' of the group, or "I was really so depressed yesterday! “I am guilty of it myself, and that while I have a daughter him with a lot of 'stickertjes'. I do that for her, I think, to show her that we all sometimes suffer from 'that sort of things', or I do it as a joke to friends, like “who's a little autistic here? “
After reading this article I shout very loudly, also to myself: “DO NOT DO MORE!”
That the psychological diagnoses are getting more and more notoriety, and that understanding is growing through openness is very nice. But not just positive.
Often people mean these remarks' so to speak ', but if that becomes so common, the actual people who really suffer from their diagnosis will no longer be taken seriously. It will even be laughable if it is used as often as teasing among themselves!
