134. Neurodiversity and Diagnosis (with Halina Brooke, LAMFT)
Very Bad Therapy
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The Resistance to Diagnosis
I think the resistance diagnosis in part comes from the idea that it will dominate your self-narrative in a way that is destructive. Even though I explicitly asked for a diagnosis, I was always extremely embarrassed about it. Like it was something that I really felt hesitant to advocate for. But I don't think that all clinicians see the way that in absence of diagnosis can also dominate yourself and be destructive. And that's the piece that I really wish people heard.
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