I've Been Diagnosed as Trans-Autistic by a Guest Trauma Professional on "The View"...

Index to Video above:

00:10 Alone at 30 With My Cats 

02:04 The Unfalsifiable Trap of 'Masking' 

03:35 An Identity, Not a Diagnosis 

04:41 There Is No Test for Autism 

07:54 Why Boys Were Diagnosed 4 to 1 

11:40 The Real Harm of Overdiagnosis

...so Validate Both Me and My Trauma!

No more Social Camouflaging for Me!

from Google AI:

Social camouflaging is a set of conscious or unconscious strategies people use to hide or compensate for neurodivergent traits in order to fit in with social norms. [1]

Key Behaviors

Masking: Hiding traits by forcing eye contact or suppressing repetitive movements (stimming).
Compensation: Actively copying facial expressions, body language, or speech patterns.
Assimilation: Using pre-planned social scripts to navigate casual conversations. [1, 2, 3]

Impacts

Exhaustion: Maintaining this facade requires immense mental and physical effort.
Mental Health: Long-term use is closely linked to severe anxiety, depression, and burnout.

When Social Media Selected Profile Identities Masquerade as Genuine Medical Conditions and Create a Permission Structure for the Self to not Change or Evolve.

DSM-5 Broadened Autism Definitions have Medicalized Social Awkwardness - "It's not me, it's the disease"