Can you have denial of autism/ASD/aspergers?

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I believe I had denial of ASD. Peeps say that autistic people usually have limited or no insight of self.

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I think I have asd as many of my relatives and possibly my dad… but I am only realising this after the psychologist used a test to find out if I may have it or not …

I think it is quite possible to not realise but for me I knew from early on I was different but just didn’t know the name

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well I knew I was different too but I attributed it to me being gifted

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Does ASD stand for autism spectrum disorder…im not sure…i know i have bad social anxiety but i dont think im autistic as they say you diagnose that before 18

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I am 35 but maybe they just missed the signs beforehand … a lot of people get a late diagnosis

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social anxiety doesnt mean you are autistic

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if you have autism you find it hard to read the emotions of others, for example other person making a funny facial expression and you not able to understand whether they are making fun of you or not.

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Yes that is true however it is possible to learn these things and I feel I have a hard time reaning people

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in mental disorders anhedonia, flat affect etc can make a person hard to read people but it only appear after the start of illness while in autism its present from birth itself. this can distinguish between mental disease and autism.

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is it possible that i have both? my doc thinks i have negative symptoms and she knows im autistic

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I had epilepsy and I feel I’ve always been different… I let the docs decide but I have a feeling I may have it

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yes both can occur at same time. for autism no need of any treatment while for mental disease treatment needed especially if its affecting normal functioning.

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well depends what level of autism is it, level 3 needs treatment fo sure

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Autism more often than usual, but not always, goes together with alexythymia. Which is if a person finds it difficult to identity and describe emotions in self and others. It is something one can learn to get better at. I think it is what makes it difficult to see your own autism too.

Autism also can go together with flat effect and/or callous-unemotional traits. It can also go together with the opposite (heightened emotions?) i think.

Last, autism and schizophrenia can go together, in which case there may be negative symptoms too.

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my psych said just that i have negatives she didnt say that i have sz and sz wasnt diagnosed so im confused

i sometimes have heightened emotions and sometimes flat affect so its kind of weird honestly lol

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Oh, sorry. Maybe they also call it negative symptoms without sz and i was saying it wrong! Dont be confused: im a non-native speaker and a lay person, trust the psych first. If they say you have no sz, trust that you dont. I dont know your diagnosis.

I do know it is possible to have flat or heightened emotions without sz, for all sorts of reasons.

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they havent exactly said that i dont have it because my current diagnosis is only a temporary one (psychosis NOS)

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Maybe just start from the idea of not having it for now. I only knew the term negative symptoms as connected to sz, it is how it is used here. But i just read that it is sometimes used more loosely to describe similar symptoms in other issues (e.g. psychosis, depression).

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but what if i have it? :confused:

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They would have told you so!