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  • RION [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    So trans people having a higher incidence of Autism and mental disorders is legit right? My therapist gave me one of those eval questionnaires for OCD and apparently I do be obssessing (not so much compulsing, although she said it is still possible to have one and not the other)

    • magi [null/void]
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      2 months ago

      There's a high correlation of being lgbt+ and being neurodiverse.

      There are a lot of studies to corroborate the high stats including this one by University of Cambridge This covers autism but theres other studies that apply to ADHD and other neurodiverse people.

    • 🏳️‍⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 months ago

      Yes, some of these things have some connections between them

      From this literature review I already had open:

      At the same time, the prevalence of ASC [autism spectrum conditions] in male and female transgender people is approximately 7–10 times than in the general population (23, 24). Furthermore, mediation analysis suggests that the non-heterosexuality of individuals with ASD is mediated by a higher incidence of gender dysphoria (20).

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      Channeling the unbridled power of autism to delete binary gender popuko-gun

    • Babs [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      Most of my trans friends are autistic, yes.

      And like, same.

    • khizuo [ze/zir]
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      2 months ago

      Not all compulsions are external, for ex. mentally reviewing past thoughts/actions, trying to avoid thinking certain thoughts, visualizing certain things in response to intrusive thoughts, etc. are all mental compulsions. "Pure O" is the common term for OCD with mental compulsions; it's not an official diagnosis but is pretty well-known in the OCD community.

    • Yor [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      trans girl (feat. autism) checking in im-doing-my-part

    • Kiagz [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      Not autistic, but I do have gAyDHD. And the one other trans person I know irl is also neurodivergent

    • QueerCommie [comrade/them, she/her]
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      2 months ago

      I’ve got plenty of compulsions and I still can’t believe myself that I might have OCD :(. Probably pure o for you. Yes, we’re very neurodiverse.