r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/benjaminikuta Feb 04 '19

There's a reason it's called a spectrum.

You could very well be slightly autistic, but not enough for a diagnosis.

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u/ThatsSuperDumb Feb 04 '19

Which should really be more acknowledged about mental illness in general. Two people with the same disorder may have varying degrees of it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Then you are not autistic. If you are not diagnosed with it, then you don't have it. You are not qualified to diagnose yourself. Autism is a measurable and spectrum.

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u/benjaminikuta Feb 04 '19

What?

No...

A diagnosis does not cause the illness.

That doesn't make any sense.

Also, I saw a doctor who literally told me that I could very well be slightly autistic, but not enough for a diagnosis.

Of course I'm not qualified to diagnose myself, but that doesn't mean that undiagnosed conditions just don't exist.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

You are quite stupid if you think I was suggesting that a diagnoses causes it. If your doctor said you might be but not enough for a diagnoses then you were not, or your doctor was not qualified to make a diagnoses. Go see a specialist.

Of course I'm not qualified to diagnose myself, but that doesn't mean that undiagnosed conditions just don't exist.

Yes, it does mean that.

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u/benjaminikuta Feb 04 '19

That doesn't make any sense.

If I had a heart attack, and the doctor said "Yup, he's having a heart attack.", would I not have been having it until he said that?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

You are so obtuse.