They are vague meaningless labels. They all bleed into each other. I looked through them and for each one I went "Hey, that's literally me!" It's sort of like astrology.
Why can't you just have a collection of behaviors, why do you need to label them? This is once again people wanting to belong to some sort of niche collective to feel quirky. Then you read "1% of the population has this disorder" and become like those people who talk about their heterochromia all the time.
To me, if a categorization isn't binary, it is pretty much worthless. Down syndrome is a real label, you can tell when a person has down syndrome. What do you mean you're autistic because you have weird interests? Tell that to the autist who can't speak and fidgets every 30 seconds.
As for me, I know where each and every single one of my behaviors come from. I know exactly where my parents fucked up. Why does it need to be a disorder, it's simple cause and effect. They conditioned me this way, so I turned out that way. That's it.
Why can't you just have a collection of behaviors, why do you need to label them? This is once again people wanting to belong to some sort of niche collective to feel quirky. Then you read "1% of the population has this disorder" and become like those people who talk about their heterochromia all the time.
To me, if a categorization isn't binary, it is pretty much worthless. Down syndrome is a real label, you can tell when a person has down syndrome. What do you mean you're autistic because you have weird interests? Tell that to the autist who can't speak and fidgets every 30 seconds.
As for me, I know where each and every single one of my behaviors come from. I know exactly where my parents fucked up. Why does it need to be a disorder, it's simple cause and effect. They conditioned me this way, so I turned out that way. That's it.
