It regularly shocks me that there are no official resources or recognition of Autistic-specific cPTSD. We are just expected to be okay with the way we are treated.
Eihter because they don't see anything wrong with it, or we're not human, or both.
Eihter because they don't see anything wrong with it, or we're not human, or both.
When I'm in a spiral I find myself googling for help even though I know it's just gonna make me feel worse. "Disorder"/deficit language is everywhere & recognition of Autistic PTSD is only in relation to specific events unrelated to neurotype that could traumatize anyone.
Meanwhile, Autistic cPTSD is more like burnout, sensory trauma, misinterpretation & punishment trauma, alienation, body language & masking trauma, bullying trauma (and how we might internalize bullying differently), trauma at intersections of identity, poverty, medical ... etc.
Sometimes, just having a place like Good Therapy/Psych Today/Web MD etc laying out that Autistic cPTSD does exist in an official context would be enough to make me feel a bit better. To be acknowledged by professionals, to be recognized & validated is a bare minimum.
Especially considering that psychiatric/psychological professionals are harmful to neurodivergents and their field was built on ableism & neuronormative bigotry, it feels like official recognition of Autistic cPTSD is overdue as a first step in reparations.
The worst thing I've ever seen during a cPTSD google as a related search suggestion is,
"does trauma give you Autism?"
Oh my god ... OH MY GOD ... 😫
Society's perception of it is a travesty.
"does trauma give you Autism?"
Oh my god ... OH MY GOD ... 😫
Society's perception of it is a travesty.
The Google algorithm prioritizes official medical sites and allistic charities as first page results on the assumption that they're trustworthy and relevant.
But at best they don't have any appropriate resources and at worst actively push allistic pseudoscience.
But at best they don't have any appropriate resources and at worst actively push allistic pseudoscience.
For curious allistics wanting to know more, these resources mislead and deepen their harmful beliefs.
For Autistics, we don't get any help and are just harmed even more.
Official language matters.
For Autistics, we don't get any help and are just harmed even more.
Official language matters.
The medical establishment has a lot of trust-building to do with traumatized Autistics over the course of this century. 🙂 It would be nice to see some change.
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