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What's insane is that I feel like when an individual wants to be classified as something, they may start developing mannerisms that reflect how they think someone who does have it would act
I'm schizophrenic and they changed my diagnosis because the meds made me act differently. Does that make any sense. Not to me. She didn't even tell me what my new diagnosis is, just that it changed.
Ironically, that's what people with actual diagnosese go through anyways. Like thinking you somehow subconsciously tricked the doctors to get a diagnosis or you make yourself think you want the diagnosis as a label
@@kyleandre6404 the intent behind munchausen is faking an illness, what op is talking about is very common for the recently or about to be diagnosed. Especially when you've lived for so long not knowing you had a certain disability or illness and seemed to survive fairly fine, it's very common to question if you somehow faked it or if deep down you're doing it for some ulterior motive.
I remember getting tested & diagnosed with a lot of things growing up. Never once did I think to make those a public statement. 7:46 That fly trend made me think of the time my family told me that when my dad was younger he put a fly in the freezer, tied it to a long piece of hair like a leash, and let it thaw out. I think they said it was still alive after it thawed, can't remember.
Yeah, we used to do that with wasps as well and call them "pet wasps" and fly them around. Some people would rip the wings off first so they couldn't fly.. I didn't see the point of that... It's wild that was actually a wide spread thing people did lol 😮😅
If it was made a public statement when you were younger then perhaps it wouldnt be 2023 and we still have people saying things like "autism is caused by vaccines" There is a reason for this becoming more public and its not a bad one. Are some disingenuous, going to far, not properly spreading awareness? sure of course there is, but it doesn't change its outcome. People making it more public has lead to far more people getting properly diagnosed than ever before, its brought it out into the light and more people are learning about it. even with the bad videos people still start talking about it rather than ignoring or hiding it.
I have actual psychiatric-diagnosed OCD. I remember being in middle and high school when OCD was popularized (around the 2010 "rawr xd random" era). Being quirky was the big thing, so people referred to their desire to be organized and orderly as "my OCD acting up." So I imagine the frustration people who actually struggle with autism feel when their disorder is used as a trend. People who fake disorders, I leave a special place in my large intestine for you.
Adult diagnosis of autism ... Didn't know I had it until manager told me to go get checked out.... Was struggling and still struggling but working on it
@@siliciaveerah9327 You'll make it through, friend. I have several cousins who are severely autistic (one a little more than the other), but they still function, get their stuff done, and take care of themselves. I wish you the best as you figure yourself out.
The thing that I hate the most about people who fake having things like autism is that, not only do they do it just for attention, validation, and views, but they don’t show the harsh side of having it at all. Every person who fakes having it always portrays it as something that just makes you more happy and ecstatic and something that’s just fun to have. Well, as an autistic person myself, I can safely say that having autism is not all sunshine and rainbows. From a lack of an ability to handle/cope with certain things to a lack of an ability to focus, there are a lot of developmental and social issues that come with autism. People with autism struggle with a lot and I hate that these fakers act like those struggles just don’t exist at all.
People who fake autism also have to have a comorbid illness like, depression, sleep disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, or some other neurological or psychiatric disorder that makes your life difficult. You can't just claim to be autistic and think being quirky and stimming is all there is lol. Especially if you've never been diagnosed until adulthood. No one wants autism or ADHD, the difference is those of us who have it really have no other choice but to own and accept it.
It is a big struggle, Social awkwardness, not reading body language, I don't know when someone is being sarcastic. Therapist i had back in 2010 diagnosed me with Asperger's syndrome and ADHD. So yes, i agree with your statement. i cant stand loud noises or certain smells.
Drives me nuts when people fake things like this, I have 2 nonverbal children and these people have no idea how harmful it is. People seem to have these weird ideas of what autism is and isn't based on fakers. I've been told my children aren't actually autistic and the way they act is just my fault, and I'm a bad parent.
Personally i dont get it because as a diagnosed autistic myself (I hate that i feel the need to say that) i know a lot of autistic people. Not one of these uses autism for clout. It impacts your life massively and i feel that the people who are self diagnosing are taking away from the struggle that undiagnosed people have/had, especially children. Autism can severley affect learning and thats not even considering people who are more low functioning.
True. I realized I had borderline personality disorder a few months before I was officially diagnosed. To be fair, professionals throughout my adult life suggested I may be dealing with BPD, but I didn't want that to be true due to the stigma. I have every single trait, and the classic borderline "origin story". It was obvious to everyone, including my own mother, before I self diagnosed. And I immediately got a therapist afterwards who picked up on it quickly... what I didn't do was create an internet persona to brag about my self diagnosis to feel special and get attention. I instead took the first steps to getting the help I needed.
EXACTLY!!! For years I was struggling so much with my social and emotional skills, I started researching and I fit the criteria for both autism and adhd, I brought it up with my paediatrician and he agreed I fit the criteria, so he referred me to a psychiatrist. I have know been put on anxiety medication and I have an autism diagnosis. My psychiatrist also thinks I have adhd but that’s not an official diagnosis as of yet! People need to do there research and work with the professionals to get the support they may need.
As an Autistic person myself, those disability fakers make autism sound fun to have, but its much worse than they say it is. Mostly because I have issues with coping with certain things and issues, while these TikTokers act like we don't struggle with anything, just flap our hands and act quirky :/
same with adhd. everyone thinks that it makes you quirky and distracted, but as someone who's been diagnosed with adhd, it's not fun. you're overly emotional about small things moreso than other people, and there's a lot more issues about it that people who don't have adhd just don't understand
Autistic people should be allowed to talk about the positives of there life experiences. We struggle because the world is not designed for us. But our brains so have plenty of positives. And I'll always talk about the struggles and positives
I’m so glad I don’t have tik tok, I’m not a fan of people faking autism. I actually got diagnosed as a child (which was rare for a girl back in the 90’s) growing up was hard. The teasing, the missed information, not getting invited to events and being expected to do so many things at once, I had several breakdowns in my 20’s and looking back I didn’t fully grasp that I would still affect me as an adult. Communication can still be a challenge but life has gotten better. Just wish I knew sooner-I didn’t find out until I was an adult that I was autistic.
I stopped using TikTok because I saw a video that said, "How to tell you were abused even if you had great parents". Like people on there are literally just looking for something to be mentally ill about. It's honestly disgusting and cringe to me. It also invalidates people have legit disorders and have survived actual trauma. I see it a lot with BPD. These debilitating symptoms are romantasized. Like weird flex, but okay.
It has a lot to do with the victim mentality that’s like a plague amongst social media users. My sister was like that. We have FANTASTIC parents that broke their bodies down to provide a safe space not just for us, their kids, but our friends who often came from miserable home lives. My sister lied about my dad being abusive and nearly got us removed from our home. She wanted to have a misery competition with her friends and nearly got us in foster care.
When I was diagnosed with Depression, I finally felt relief. It was torture to not understand what was wrong with me and getting answers made it easy for me to move forward. But somehow seeing people just make it their whole personality or fake having it is WILD? Like why choose to make it worse for yourself by exposing it online? Majority of people I know who got better with managing their condition are those who are lowkey about it. Going online is just begging for more stress.
I struggle a lot with feelings of guilt because I fear more often than not that I'm using my condition as a front and excuse to be lazy and stuff. To think that people fake illnesses for attention doesn't surprise, they just don't know better but it still baffles me every time.
I recently got my ADHD diagnosis and I remember being excited not because I had a disability but because I finally knew why certain things were harder for me to do😭
I was only happy with my ADHD diagnosis because I could actually get treated. Not because I could say I have it. Plus I constantly fidget and shake and stuff like that, I don’t think I’m autistic though.
I shake and fidget a lot too, I've always thought it might be the medication. I've never been diagnosed with autism either. My original diagnosis was ADD, but as I understand it they just clump em all together now. If I could have a brain that just functioned how I wanted it to as easily as these tiktokers want to be cute and quirky I would probably be much happier.
I can't tell if Tara was spelling Holocaust wrong or genuinely doesn't know how to spell it, and that's honestly the best way to sum up her editing style.
Honestly, I’ve seen a lot of TikToks about my disability. The thing most of the suggestions and content they make had nothing to do with the disability itself. They just make random connections to some parts of their life and say “yeah this is related to this disability”
Something that a lot of people miss is that a mental disorder is diagnosed not by the presence of symptoms but by the frequency and severity of symptoms. Like, yes everyone is forgetful sometimes, but that doesn't mean everyone has adhd. But, if someone's forgetfulness actively gets in the way of living a happy and normal life, that could be a sign that that person has adhd.
@@popshoppacks YES this!! Literally everyone on the planet gets sad or even depressed, not even has clinical depression. Same with anxiety. Everyone has felt anxious, not everyone has GAD. Another one that bothers me most is that everyone dissociates from time to time. So many people think that means they have PTSD or DID because they zoned out while driving once.
@@OliviaandtrinaI feel this, people just don't understand it, I have BPD and I dissociate regularly sometimes to the point I don't feel like I own my own body and that I'm watching a movie instead of actually doing things myself. Some days I don't remember entire 4 hour chunks at work or something when I'm super stressed . I know I worked and I have proof I did, but I don't remember any of this at all.
I'll never understand the bragging about your mental health disorder thing, especially as an adult. Tik tok and Twitter really are some of the worst things to ever happen to humanity
I was given my personally sought after diagnosis for autism just this week. 33 years of not knowing what was different about me, but always having struggled in social situations. Very fascinated by your coverage of this. In my diagnosis, we covered easily 700+ written and 100’s of verbal questions to understand who i am, before confirming me as autistic. It cost me $3000 to find out this about myself, after again: years of struggling socially. It allowed me validation, a viral tiktok could never provide.
Pretty sure Im autistic af, i wanna do this too but I cant afford it, and confirming it would change my situation in 0 ways tbh, because wether I am or am not, i still know i struggle and know how to improve in my issues
@@maxramirez6821 appreciate you, legend. Its a weird journey without much, but that validation (so far) at the end of it. I found out through the process, that if your ability to work is affected through behavior and/or ability, it can provide an angle for disability benefits.
Yeah that’s kind of weird to me. I might let it go if it’s a little kid doing it, still creepy, but I suspect older kids who shouldn’t enjoy that are doing it
I lived my life having a hard time processing things, like I can hear people say things to me but my brain doesn't process it well so I usually ask people to repeat themselves. I ended up going to special classes in middle school and highschool due to this. Overall I didn't take it seriously because I pretty much lived with it. So recently, I was talking to a co-worker about it because I kept making repeats herself. She mentioned I had "something delay disorder" (I can't remember the name) So I looked it up, "huh! That actually sounds like what I have". So I mentioned it to friends and family.... Their reactions made me feel a type of way. I had friends respond I got that too. Since I didn't care about that much after the day I mentioned it I stopped talking about it because I was just genuinely happy It's a word for it. Current day --- Now everyone is talking about people's self diagnosis... which I never knew it was a thing, so now I regret mentioning the disorder. Especially since it was just something interesting I learned.
My brain kind of does the same thing. If I’m focusing on something like reading or writing/typing. I’ll either not hear anything they said, or end up writing a single word out of the conversation into whatever I’m writing and then get confused as to why I wrote that. Lol
I believe having communities online for these disorders isn’t always a bad thing. The fakers are wild. It’s so crazy. But following people who actually have autism for example has made me realize a lot about myself. Not diagnosed yet but my dr is setting up my assessment after seeing autistic creators and doing my own (excessive at one point) research to show him. Which started on online like insta, tiktok, Facebook etc, then. It extended onto health websites and authors who are diagnosed, etc. but it has definitely gone too far
I have sympathy for you because I self-diagnosed myself with a couple things years ago and spent a lot of time thinking about it for awhile. I have a psych degree, and it’s very common among people studying these things for the first time to identify with several things in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (published by the American Psychiatric Association-referred to as the bible of mental illness). But this trend is very problematic. One thing to ask yourself with is: Why do you want a diagnosis? Is it for identity purposes, to access health or social services via a diagnosis that health insurance will cover for, or some other reason? If you are actually experiencing mental illness, then you should of course seek a diagnosis so you can access health and/or social services. But, if it’s not for a productive reason, maybe it’s better to seek self-acceptance rather than seek an external diagnostic label to stabilize your identity. Such external solutions tend to be temporary fixes to long-term issues.
@@soberserotonin1850 yes I bounced back and forth with a lot of diagnosis while researching. It took me a couple years of actually researching and narrowing down symptoms before deciding to reach out to my dr about it. It took me years before that too to get my adhd diagnosis. It’s been being researched for a couple years before this trend for sure, just started getting heavier into research with the rise of it, which is why I can kind of understand both sides of this to an extent. I think I want a confirmation by professionals to ease my concerns. It has also opened doors for me with support work, since I find myself being delayed in areas compared to my peers. Wether I am or not, I’m not sure yet because I haven’t had my assessment yet but it’s in the works^^. But I understand your look on it as well for sure
The problem is we don’t have enough doctors who can diagnose people. My mom is going through the process because she is fed up as a pediatrician not being able to get kids diagnosed and get them the help they need. My dog barked during the whole online seminar and the power went out. So it’s going great so far.
As someone with adhd the whole thing of people trying to diagnose themselves or treating it as a cute little thing has never experienced getting incredibly upset over something very small then getting more upset by the fact that you realized you blew up over nothing and hurt the feelings of the people around me, the stare at a wall for 6 hours
I didn't know the last kid didn't get found guilty!? That's insane i feel so bad for the neighbor/victim's family, that's got to be I unimaginably frustrating.
I'm a little surprised can you explain your mind set I'm genuinely curious. I havnt seen anyone talk about it but it sounded open and shut to me they came on his property and attacked him he fought back the guy was a correction officer and took the law into his own hands and followed him home and came on his property looking for a fight non of the harassment matters even the judge pointed out that harassment doesn't give a person the right to come onto your property and assault you and they should have left it to the police
@@bradsweet64he lured the father into his garage and attacked the unarmed guy with a knife while recording a video- would you do this if you were truely in fear and trying to defend your life?
@kG-rv1ck yep just got done reading the official report as I thought he did not lure them into his garage he ran from them into his garage after they were told to stay off his property and get off his property they did not and proceeded to continue to chase him him and it wasn't just the father it was the father and his two sons they even threatened him as soon as they reached his property animated vague threats to his wife as well when he retreated into his garage they followed him in there and they ended up stabbed they had every chance to flee they knew he had a knife the family is being charged criminally with trespass there's literally zero excuse for what this family did
I really hate that people try and fake autism, can't imagine how difficult that makes it for people who actually have it and try to speak out about their experiences :((
Same i have it as well as adhd,ocd and tourette's. I will never understand why people pretend to have them especially with how miserable they can be and with how others treat/think of you i will never understand. I dont even tell others unless something comes up like me ticking from my tourette's in front of them
coming from an autistic, being autistic can be hard enough. it already outcasts us from being treated like everyone else. but when people fake being autistic for attention, it affects our community a lot more and makes people treat us like we're all faking it. it really invalidates our struggles and makes us look like a laughing stock, especially for autistics that don't "look" like they have very high needs. it all makes the stigma around autism much worse.
@@candyoblivion6228 being diagnosed kinda is a privilege unfortunately. my doctor has told me i definitely should look at a diagnosis of both autism and adhd, but i don't have the money or access.
The insane rabbit hole I recently went down is that one of your videos was suggested to me. I clicked on it and have been binge watching your content ever since. Your delivery is hilarious, but some people make social media a strange and dark place.
As somebody with diagnosed autism and ADHD that was very late diagnosed and miss treated their whole life because of being “weird” or “ not fitting social norms” people that want to fake autism, or ADHD, or any kind of disability, will truly never understand the cultural aspects of our community, and I will say there are things that make autism and adhd “fun” such as the community we have by sharing our own experiences with others, but that’s literally the whole point. OUR OWN experiences which fakers do not have. People always think that disabilities will give them some kind of positive attention, but in fact, it’s actually kind of humiliating when people treat you like you’re a dog and think that you can’t understand simple words just because you have autism. There’s a lot of terrible stereotypes about all disabilities especially neurological.
4:04 I’m diagnosed autistic (like you) and autism syptomology was based on boys and men which makes it’s harder for women to get diagnosed. That’s why I got diagnosed as ADHD at age 5 (I presented like boy children) but didn’t get diagnosed with ASD until age 30. So like that clip you showed was 100% accurate from the girl in cotton candy makeup.
Honestly, thank you. I’ve seen so many creators with LARGE followings support self diagnosis, especially younger large creators. I saw a younger creator delete her video against self diagnosis because she was getting so much hate
As someone who was diagnosed with ADHD at 6 years old and reevaluating every few years and still maintain that diagnosis; its super strange to see it become such a fad and everyone is just so "I think I have adhd because I like to talk fast and I am very obnoxious". I hate everything about this "look at me" culture we live in.
As someone with autism, adhd and bipolar when people fake having it for attention and cause they wanna be special can be really offensive sometimes because its really easy to tell they dont have it but everyone believes them. People do literally everything for attention recently. It's kinda sad ngl
I have not been assessed by professionals for ADHD or autism, but my partner works with kids who do, and they tell me I act exactly like an adult version of them, and friends with autism tell me they see symptoms in me. And I so struggle with imposter syndrome with these and other potential issues. Sadly, my income doesn't support random diagnostic exams.
I had a classmate in college who had Asperger’s syndrome, I was told that it was mild but you can pretty much guess by his mannerisms. Interestingly though, he was the first one who I talked to and became somewhat friends with in their batch (I was from a different batch, but I needed to take some of their classes after taking a year break). He was from a different department but transferred to us because of bullying, I can see how it was hard for him to get along with people and open up. At some point he was able to open up to us since we were a department with like only 15-20 people in it and we were close-knit and tried to get along with each other as much as possible. After a few years with him, we saw how he became more talkative to us and can actually look at us from time to time, it made us happy whenever he was the first one to say hi to us. Disabilities are not trophies to collect, they are challenges that people have to live with. The achievement is not being diagnosed with disabilities, but by being able to live and do the things they want while having one.
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As someone who stumbled across a tiktok or several about ADHD symptoms and thought “hmmm I relate to that A LOT”, then went and got my actual diagnosis.. if people ask me how I figured out I have it, I do not ever tell the truth lol. I always assumed it was only other disabilities affecting my concentration and that I just got bored easily, perhaps I was selfish in not enjoying doing things that weren’t fun. I hate appearing to be a self diagnosis person, I ain’t about that. I just say my therapist happened to notice it. >.< In regards to the first girl, they didn’t actually recognise that girls could have autism and ADHD for a very long time. I think it wasn’t until the 80s (please lmk if I’m wrong) that they finally started recognising autism in girls more. People were “used to little boys being naughty” so it was more acceptable for them to act out and it was noticed a lot more. You can also have the hyperactive part in your head, which is what I have, my brain just doesn’t stop. But I don’t think I can have as much hyperactivity in a physical sense due to other disabilities giving chronic pain and fatigue. Or perhaps I just don’t get that type of hyperactivity. Disabilities are whack.
6:28-6:53 the majority of those "Autism movements" are some if the most common thing I see people doing. Especially shaking your leg. I do this too, for me it's not an autism thing, I just to it because I feel like it keeps me entertained in a way.
as an autistic person i promise you i would rather not have autism if given the choice 😭 people faking it and thinking it makes them quirky drives me insane
I never wish anyone to have autism or adhd or ocd like I have 💀 like I don't think people understand exactly how bad it is, you can't socialize properly sometimes, sometimes you can't even speak, sometimes you get overwhelmed from the smallest sounds imaginable like someone walking it is an insane struggle sometimes to just exist fr
Tiktokers see one meme they relate to and call themselves ADHD, meanwhile I still sometimes tell myself I dont have ADHD and am actually just a lazy pos... despite being diagnosed by a doctor specializing in ADHD... and despite my prescription drugs for it working on me like they do for a person with neurotransmitter deficiencies. Sometimes I wish I had just a drop of that self-confidence those Fakers have.
Underdiagnosis and doctors with outdated opinions on ADHD, Autism etc is an actual problem, but uwu quirky self diagnosed chronically online people are as well and the second group makes the first group take us even less serious.
Being presented a disorder/disability means you dont have to develop a personality. developing a personality leaves you vulnerable because people might not like you and thats scary but having a disorder means you automatically fit in without having to do anything and also cant be blamed for it making you feel "safer" because its not your fault
i currently know someone who makes ADHD their ENTIRE personality. they will always talk about it any chance given and everyone is always reminded by them. now we arent sure they are actually diagnosed or not but they will say how they love being someone with ADHD.
The Hall of Cost trend was absolutely unhinged, it was so obnoxious & out of pocket that I could not help but laugh whenever I saw one of those videos.
As far as I'm aware, just about everywhere it's classified as "assault with a deadly weapon" or "armed robbery" or whatever equivalent if the victim(s) can reasonably believe the perp has a real weapon. So if you hold up a bank with a realistic looking nerf gun, that counts because, for all intents and purposes, that was a real weapon.
I love how oompa talks about these people who fake autism but refuses to say he has autism himself. He wants people to interact with him normally not because he has autism. He truly is an amazing person
@oompaville OOMPA 6:28 i literally have been in the same breathing room as that girl, I have her socials and she is genuinely autistic and raises awareness of it... not sure in what manner you were reacting to her video but as far as i remember she had tried so longgg to get diagnosed and just wanted to say that she is genuine...
Adhd does run in my family. Though I was never diagnosed it was heavily speculated. After talking to psychiatrist I was put on meds for ocd, I am diagnosed with RAD and ptsd. And my RAD diagnosis is infact confused with autism at the age of my diagnosis. RAD is normally diagnosed at only a few months old but they caught mine at 15. It's stimulated from a rough relationship with parents and brain damage and now I know... I have brain damage
It's frustrating because I didn't get diagnosed as a child but now as an adult it's super obvious I'm autistic and it's a real thing because my psychiatrist basically said the school system wont care as long as you're not actively bothering others and they wont look into it. So it's a real problem but it's annoying how that turns into someone faking it and using that as an excuse. Cause then people think you're making it up too.
Saying "a win is a win" about PTSD is straight up so frustrating. I have diagnosed severe PTSD and complex PTSD, confirmed by multiple doctors. I straight up cannot imagine calling it a win in ANY way. It is the worst part of my entire life. It makes everyday and nearly every activity difficult. For anyone to say they want to proves they don't have it and frankly don't know what it even entails. It's not some fun time. I think they believe it is because so many videos show dissociation as something fun when even that is not accurate and not even close to the worst/ most prominent symptom.
I think people who fake disabilities like PTSD want so badly to be victims because they’re so miserable with themselves they’ve got themselves CONVINCED something traumatic happened to them that can explain their feelings, perhaps? Or a narcissistic notion for their misery to be deemed “worse” than others? Never had any patience, myself, for turning suffering into a contest. Nobody comes out the winner in those races.
My brother is autistic and he doesn’t even know it and I don’t even know if we are supposed to tell him or not but he’s one of the smartest kids in his class so seeing people pretend frustrates me and confuses me someone can be so disrespectful also, I love you oopaville 💕💕💕
While tik tok may have been getting people to think they've got disabilities, I quite literally have been dealing with disabilities both diagnosed and undiagnosed since I was a little kid.
Today is Sunday, 3rd of December 2023, 4:00 p.m. and I just found out a few seconds ago, through this video about the fly syringe torture and it's totally despicable, I cannot believe this was a thing and I wish I had never found out about it.
I have epilepsy and had no episodes since years due to meds yet choose not to drive vehicles and barely 50 people including work friends and relatives are even aware of it! Why someone would worship disabilities online is beyond me genuinely! 😮💨
as someone with autism i will admit that a lot of them are just- so strange- but it is true a lot of women get misdiagnosed for having bpd or something else because theres trhis weird like- stereotype that females cant have- autism.?? its really weird,, a lot of undiagnosed autistic people also get misdiagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder sometimes- it's genuinely so weird,,
Self diagnosing never goes well. If you suspect you have a mental condition, PLEASE seek professional help to not only give you the most accurate answers and help, but your community, too.
As an autistic man of 40 years of age, i can say...THANK YOU ! This whole trend of " oh look at me , im autistic because i am sooo quirky" is not only annoying, it also harms those of us who actually suffer from what is an actual disability ! While self diagnoses can be valid, because at some places it takes up to 5 years and lots of money to actually get a propper diagnosis, theres definetly a trend of being " neurospicy" ( TikTokism for ADHD and ASD) .
Man I really hated the whole tic & tourettes thing that people were doing cuz to this day I can’t accept I have tics, it’s been 7 years since I got diagnosed and it’s something only my brother and parents know about. It’s something I always avoided and ignored so when I see people doing this it just looks kinda weird tbh. Also a lot of people don’t know but patients with neurological tics get bad episodes when they see other people with tics, if it’s really bad they will literally copy the tic or sound and make it one of their own, I had to be careful watching videos for a short period.
I genuinely have and been diagnosed with adhd, autism, ocd and tourette's. It's so confusing to me why people would pretend to have any of them they can be very miserable especially when you have multiple. If you genuinely had them you wouldn't be showing off and being like "look at me"
The case with Zachary Letham actually scares me. This kid was allowed to walk free after instigating a family into attacking him and then killing one of them “in self defense.”
As someone who has both adhd and autism it isnt quirky or fun, when i was in class i always couldnt focus and my thoughts were buzzing around like an angry bee in a jar, and every time i got home i would cry for 40 minutes just wishing i could focus and remember everything, my mom put me in a homeschool group but it didnt work out either, not to mention because of my autism i walk on my tippy toes and now my hamstring has shortend so now im on a waiting list for a surgery to get it cut (i think, idk if its getting cut) and i cant run or walk for more than an hour without my feet getting sore and week, all of this has taken a big toll on my mental health, and honestly i expect myself to die by my own hands or end up broke eating cheap noodle cups in an appartment
It makes me almost nauseous at the fact that it is my generation that are faking these illnesses, some of which I have and have been professionally diagnosed with and in having to deal with these illnesses it’s so frustrating seeing people WANTING these problems and the fact that I am associated with this group simply because we are in the same generation. It is ignorant and harmful towards those who need a diagnosis and won’t even be considered or taken seriously by a professional because it was a trend. Makes me sick.
That trafficker guy... I did not like to see those videos because I couldn't help but wonder how those girls are now. It's heartbreaking, but I'm glad he put it on TikTok so there is evidence against him.
I’m glad nowadays there’s less people faking their mental illness and actual people who have never been diagnosed as children showing up with signs and are unsure. It’s less offensive.
The faking disabilities fr messed me up in 2021. I was going through it (funnily enough undiagnosed adhd and autism) and convinced myself based off of TikTok and minimal research I had borderline. Go to ur doctor y’all, don’t self diagnose.
First when you mentioned the fly thing, i thought it was going to be about something my dad told me when i was a kid that is pretty wild. If you drown a fly and then take it out let it dry and put a little salt on it, it comes back to life. LOL
As an fyi, diagnosis for women with autism is usually difficult or overlooked due the dsm5 being based on MALE autistics. Women with autism behave differently and often mask heavily. Also, in the US, getting a diagnosis as an adult is difficult. Not only to find a place but if you do, expensive. I’m not saying these tiktoks are right and not absolutely cringe and misleading, but I feel a lot of hate is being thrown at women who recently discover their diagnosis with wanting to get attention.
ive struggled with sensory issues and social queues my entire life, the people who fake autism make me really angry because it invalidates those struggles.
Been diagnosed with ADHD since I was 7, Im 32 now, I see people always try to diagnose themselves with it and want to have it as if it is cool. I wish I was just normal. I have the worst time management, I often put whatever Im hyper focused on over important things I need to keep on top of and it puts a strain on my relationships, among many other things. I just don't understand why people would want this stuff.
The girl at 3:30 is speaking truths though! Only recently, more professionals are recognising female autistic traits. I was misdiagnosed again and again in my childhood, struggling through school and college, all the way until my mid 20s. I saw professor Simon Baron Cohen who diagnosed me with autism after a long interview. Me and my mum had tears because it was such a relief to finally be understood after years of struggling through life being miserable, misunderstood and bullied.
Yeah I was kinda disappointed that he took that tiktok to mock her... the things she was talking about are really serious and real issues regarding the diagnosis process for females with asd... especially adults
So when I was younger, I read the book "A Rebel In Aushwitz" which was about a Polish Undercover Officer named Witold Pileki. He was sent to Aushwitz on a mission. He eacaped but died to a gunshot when he was caught again. His records of the what happened were almost lost in history. Really recommended but it VERY dark, not the best for younger readers.
with the tiktok rap about autism, she is right about autism being one of the biggest missed diagnosis for women in mental health, it is usually brushed off as BPD, Depression, or Bipolar
I'm someone who actually has autism and had ADHD and never once did I brag about it. I was relieved to learn that there was a reason behind my behavior and other stuff, but I would never be happy about having it. It's just sad how many people who do this trend and are so happy about it
There are two girls who work with me and have both self diagnosed themselves with Autism. I do not have Autism but I have been diagnosed with ADHD, depression and anxiety (which is essentially just ADHD as it has branched from both of them, dunno it’s super weird). I cannot express how frustrating it can be to hear people “self diagnose” themselves with a mental disability.
I've been diagnosed with ADHD since i was 6, i remember when i was little i was not liked because i acted rather abnormal compared to other kids, and it baffles me to see that kid's nowadays will 'pretend' to have ADHD and think it's a gift and that it just makes you really unique and makes you 'creative'. It's just mind boggling how back when I was a kid no one EVER would have wanted to have a disability. News Flash, ADHD isn't fun, and it actively makes my life harder. Don't emulate disabilities.
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I like how he titled the video "Rabbit Holes" but then only referred to it as an "iceberg".
I would've really liked 'rabbit berg' or 'icehole'.
heisenberg
Same thing I guess
He said rabbit hole in the end
@@christopherhammond5142 and the thumbnail being a iceberg too lol
What's insane is that I feel like when an individual wants to be classified as something, they may start developing mannerisms that reflect how they think someone who does have it would act
I'm schizophrenic and they changed my diagnosis because the meds made me act differently. Does that make any sense. Not to me. She didn't even tell me what my new diagnosis is, just that it changed.
Yeah that’s basically Münchausen syndrome in a nutshell
Ironically, that's what people with actual diagnosese go through anyways. Like thinking you somehow subconsciously tricked the doctors to get a diagnosis or you make yourself think you want the diagnosis as a label
@@kyleandre6404 the intent behind munchausen is faking an illness, what op is talking about is very common for the recently or about to be diagnosed. Especially when you've lived for so long not knowing you had a certain disability or illness and seemed to survive fairly fine, it's very common to question if you somehow faked it or if deep down you're doing it for some ulterior motive.
@@quaid0157yea sounds like you are one of the people he is a talking about...
I remember getting tested & diagnosed with a lot of things growing up. Never once did I think to make those a public statement.
7:46 That fly trend made me think of the time my family told me that when my dad was younger he put a fly in the freezer, tied it to a long piece of hair like a leash, and let it thaw out. I think they said it was still alive after it thawed, can't remember.
Yeah, we used to do that with wasps as well and call them "pet wasps" and fly them around. Some people would rip the wings off first so they couldn't fly.. I didn't see the point of that...
It's wild that was actually a wide spread thing people did lol 😮😅
you don’t freeze them you just put them in the cold for a bit so they fall asleep
@@cassiehartford8997yeah I’ve heard of people doing that with bees and wasps. Hilarious
Could be that it underwent torpor, basically hibernation 2.0. I know mice and hummingbirds do it, apparently a lot of insects too
If it was made a public statement when you were younger then perhaps it wouldnt be 2023 and we still have people saying things like "autism is caused by vaccines" There is a reason for this becoming more public and its not a bad one. Are some disingenuous, going to far, not properly spreading awareness? sure of course there is, but it doesn't change its outcome. People making it more public has lead to far more people getting properly diagnosed than ever before, its brought it out into the light and more people are learning about it. even with the bad videos people still start talking about it rather than ignoring or hiding it.
I have actual psychiatric-diagnosed OCD. I remember being in middle and high school when OCD was popularized (around the 2010 "rawr xd random" era). Being quirky was the big thing, so people referred to their desire to be organized and orderly as "my OCD acting up." So I imagine the frustration people who actually struggle with autism feel when their disorder is used as a trend.
People who fake disorders, I leave a special place in my large intestine for you.
Your last sentence caught me off guard. 😂
you gonna vore them???
" _Rawr XD random!_ " would be a great band name for the past 15'ish years. ;) Cheers and keep on truckin'.
Adult diagnosis of autism ... Didn't know I had it until manager told me to go get checked out.... Was struggling and still struggling but working on it
@@siliciaveerah9327 You'll make it through, friend. I have several cousins who are severely autistic (one a little more than the other), but they still function, get their stuff done, and take care of themselves. I wish you the best as you figure yourself out.
The curveball of going from killing flies to pretending to be a holocaust victim hit me hard
Yeah killing flies is so much worse
The thing that I hate the most about people who fake having things like autism is that, not only do they do it just for attention, validation, and views, but they don’t show the harsh side of having it at all.
Every person who fakes having it always portrays it as something that just makes you more happy and ecstatic and something that’s just fun to have.
Well, as an autistic person myself, I can safely say that having autism is not all sunshine and rainbows.
From a lack of an ability to handle/cope with certain things to a lack of an ability to focus, there are a lot of developmental and social issues that come with autism.
People with autism struggle with a lot and I hate that these fakers act like those struggles just don’t exist at all.
People who fake autism also have to have a comorbid illness like, depression, sleep disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, or some other neurological or psychiatric disorder that makes your life difficult. You can't just claim to be autistic and think being quirky and stimming is all there is lol. Especially if you've never been diagnosed until adulthood.
No one wants autism or ADHD, the difference is those of us who have it really have no other choice but to own and accept it.
Real I know the struggle
It is a big struggle, Social awkwardness, not reading body language, I don't know when someone is being sarcastic. Therapist i had back in 2010 diagnosed me with Asperger's syndrome and ADHD. So yes, i agree with your statement. i cant stand loud noises or certain smells.
Drives me nuts when people fake things like this, I have 2 nonverbal children and these people have no idea how harmful it is. People seem to have these weird ideas of what autism is and isn't based on fakers. I've been told my children aren't actually autistic and the way they act is just my fault, and I'm a bad parent.
Personally i dont get it because as a diagnosed autistic myself (I hate that i feel the need to say that) i know a lot of autistic people. Not one of these uses autism for clout. It impacts your life massively and i feel that the people who are self diagnosing are taking away from the struggle that undiagnosed people have/had, especially children. Autism can severley affect learning and thats not even considering people who are more low functioning.
Fun fact: a self diagnosis still requires evidence and an official opinion, you aren’t making a diagnosis your just speculating
True. I realized I had borderline personality disorder a few months before I was officially diagnosed. To be fair, professionals throughout my adult life suggested I may be dealing with BPD, but I didn't want that to be true due to the stigma. I have every single trait, and the classic borderline "origin story". It was obvious to everyone, including my own mother, before I self diagnosed. And I immediately got a therapist afterwards who picked up on it quickly... what I didn't do was create an internet persona to brag about my self diagnosis to feel special and get attention. I instead took the first steps to getting the help I needed.
EXACTLY!!! For years I was struggling so much with my social and emotional skills, I started researching and I fit the criteria for both autism and adhd, I brought it up with my paediatrician and he agreed I fit the criteria, so he referred me to a psychiatrist. I have know been put on anxiety medication and I have an autism diagnosis. My psychiatrist also thinks I have adhd but that’s not an official diagnosis as of yet! People need to do there research and work with the professionals to get the support they may need.
As an Autistic person myself, those disability fakers make autism sound fun to have, but its much worse than they say it is.
Mostly because I have issues with coping with certain things and issues, while these TikTokers act like we don't struggle with anything, just flap our hands and act quirky :/
same with adhd. everyone thinks that it makes you quirky and distracted, but as someone who's been diagnosed with adhd, it's not fun. you're overly emotional about small things moreso than other people, and there's a lot more issues about it that people who don't have adhd just don't understand
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true but autism is really really hard@@juicybuttercup5393
Autistic people should be allowed to talk about the positives of there life experiences. We struggle because the world is not designed for us. But our brains so have plenty of positives. And I'll always talk about the struggles and positives
I’m so glad I don’t have tik tok, I’m not a fan of people faking autism. I actually got diagnosed as a child (which was rare for a girl back in the 90’s) growing up was hard. The teasing, the missed information, not getting invited to events and being expected to do so many things at once, I had several breakdowns in my 20’s and looking back I didn’t fully grasp that I would still affect me as an adult. Communication can still be a challenge but life has gotten better. Just wish I knew sooner-I didn’t find out until I was an adult that I was autistic.
I stopped using TikTok because I saw a video that said, "How to tell you were abused even if you had great parents". Like people on there are literally just looking for something to be mentally ill about. It's honestly disgusting and cringe to me. It also invalidates people have legit disorders and have survived actual trauma. I see it a lot with BPD. These debilitating symptoms are romantasized. Like weird flex, but okay.
It has a lot to do with the victim mentality that’s like a plague amongst social media users. My sister was like that. We have FANTASTIC parents that broke their bodies down to provide a safe space not just for us, their kids, but our friends who often came from miserable home lives. My sister lied about my dad being abusive and nearly got us removed from our home. She wanted to have a misery competition with her friends and nearly got us in foster care.
When I was diagnosed with Depression, I finally felt relief. It was torture to not understand what was wrong with me and getting answers made it easy for me to move forward. But somehow seeing people just make it their whole personality or fake having it is WILD?
Like why choose to make it worse for yourself by exposing it online? Majority of people I know who got better with managing their condition are those who are lowkey about it. Going online is just begging for more stress.
I get your point.... but... My personality is a disorder. 😅
Bc it's fake, if it was real they'd actually get this
I struggle a lot with feelings of guilt because I fear more often than not that I'm using my condition as a front and excuse to be lazy and stuff. To think that people fake illnesses for attention doesn't surprise, they just don't know better but it still baffles me every time.
I recently got my ADHD diagnosis and I remember being excited not because I had a disability but because I finally knew why certain things were harder for me to do😭
Fr I remember having such bad memory and brain fog I thought I had early onset dementia
I was only happy with my ADHD diagnosis because I could actually get treated. Not because I could say I have it.
Plus I constantly fidget and shake and stuff like that, I don’t think I’m autistic though.
I shake and fidget a lot too, I've always thought it might be the medication. I've never been diagnosed with autism either. My original diagnosis was ADD, but as I understand it they just clump em all together now. If I could have a brain that just functioned how I wanted it to as easily as these tiktokers want to be cute and quirky I would probably be much happier.
I can't tell if Tara was spelling Holocaust wrong or genuinely doesn't know how to spell it, and that's honestly the best way to sum up her editing style.
It’s actually spelled Hollercourse. Cause they’d Holler of course.
Might be to trick the jewtube bot into not insta demonitise the vid.
most likely demonitisation reasons
This new generation of kids are doomed.
Relieved Oompa actually knows he’s autistic, was worried for a sec that bro actually think he neurotypical 💀
Honestly, I’ve seen a lot of TikToks about my disability. The thing most of the suggestions and content they make had nothing to do with the disability itself. They just make random connections to some parts of their life and say “yeah this is related to this disability”
Something that a lot of people miss is that a mental disorder is diagnosed not by the presence of symptoms but by the frequency and severity of symptoms. Like, yes everyone is forgetful sometimes, but that doesn't mean everyone has adhd. But, if someone's forgetfulness actively gets in the way of living a happy and normal life, that could be a sign that that person has adhd.
@@popshoppacks YES this!! Literally everyone on the planet gets sad or even depressed, not even has clinical depression. Same with anxiety. Everyone has felt anxious, not everyone has GAD. Another one that bothers me most is that everyone dissociates from time to time. So many people think that means they have PTSD or DID because they zoned out while driving once.
@@Oliviaandtrinacould not agree more with both
@@OliviaandtrinaI feel this, people just don't understand it, I have BPD and I dissociate regularly sometimes to the point I don't feel like I own my own body and that I'm watching a movie instead of actually doing things myself. Some days I don't remember entire 4 hour chunks at work or something when I'm super stressed . I know I worked and I have proof I did, but I don't remember any of this at all.
I love when the lack of empathy in Caleb comes out in ad reads
I'll never understand the bragging about your mental health disorder thing, especially as an adult. Tik tok and Twitter really are some of the worst things to ever happen to humanity
I was given my personally sought after diagnosis for autism just this week.
33 years of not knowing what was different about me, but always having struggled in social situations.
Very fascinated by your coverage of this.
In my diagnosis, we covered easily 700+ written and 100’s of verbal questions to understand who i am, before confirming me as autistic.
It cost me $3000 to find out this about myself, after again: years of struggling socially. It allowed me validation, a viral tiktok could never provide.
Pretty sure Im autistic af, i wanna do this too but I cant afford it, and confirming it would change my situation in 0 ways tbh, because wether I am or am not, i still know i struggle and know how to improve in my issues
With that said i wanna ask you if it gave you any benefits aside from validation
@maxramirez6821 they lost a bit of weight, the 3000 must of weighed in the pocket
@@maxramirez6821 appreciate you, legend. Its a weird journey without much, but that validation (so far) at the end of it.
I found out through the process, that if your ability to work is affected through behavior and/or ability, it can provide an angle for disability benefits.
@@tamatea_ hah. You arent wrong. I wouldnt be able yo afford it now
The fly stuff is nuts, I hate bugs but that is just torturing it for no reason.
Yeah that’s kind of weird to me. I might let it go if it’s a little kid doing it, still creepy, but I suspect older kids who shouldn’t enjoy that are doing it
I lived my life having a hard time processing things, like I can hear people say things to me but my brain doesn't process it well so I usually ask people to repeat themselves. I ended up going to special classes in middle school and highschool due to this.
Overall I didn't take it seriously because I pretty much lived with it.
So recently, I was talking to a co-worker about it because I kept making repeats herself. She mentioned I had "something delay disorder" (I can't remember the name)
So I looked it up, "huh! That actually sounds like what I have". So I mentioned it to friends and family....
Their reactions made me feel a type of way. I had friends respond I got that too.
Since I didn't care about that much after the day I mentioned it I stopped talking about it because I was just genuinely happy It's a word for it.
Current day ---
Now everyone is talking about people's self diagnosis... which I never knew it was a thing, so now I regret mentioning the disorder.
Especially since it was just something interesting I learned.
My brain kind of does the same thing. If I’m focusing on something like reading or writing/typing. I’ll either not hear anything they said, or end up writing a single word out of the conversation into whatever I’m writing and then get confused as to why I wrote that. Lol
I believe having communities online for these disorders isn’t always a bad thing. The fakers are wild. It’s so crazy. But following people who actually have autism for example has made me realize a lot about myself. Not diagnosed yet but my dr is setting up my assessment after seeing autistic creators and doing my own (excessive at one point) research to show him. Which started on online like insta, tiktok, Facebook etc, then. It extended onto health websites and authors who are diagnosed, etc. but it has definitely gone too far
It sounds like you’re obsessed with being autistic, which ironically sounds very autistic.
I have sympathy for you because I self-diagnosed myself with a couple things years ago and spent a lot of time thinking about it for awhile. I have a psych degree, and it’s very common among people studying these things for the first time to identify with several things in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (published by the American Psychiatric Association-referred to as the bible of mental illness). But this trend is very problematic.
One thing to ask yourself with is: Why do you want a diagnosis? Is it for identity purposes, to access health or social services via a diagnosis that health insurance will cover for, or some other reason?
If you are actually experiencing mental illness, then you should of course seek a diagnosis so you can access health and/or social services. But, if it’s not for a productive reason, maybe it’s better to seek self-acceptance rather than seek an external diagnostic label to stabilize your identity. Such external solutions tend to be temporary fixes to long-term issues.
@@soberserotonin1850 yes I bounced back and forth with a lot of diagnosis while researching. It took me a couple years of actually researching and narrowing down symptoms before deciding to reach out to my dr about it. It took me years before that too to get my adhd diagnosis. It’s been being researched for a couple years before this trend for sure, just started getting heavier into research with the rise of it, which is why I can kind of understand both sides of this to an extent. I think I want a confirmation by professionals to ease my concerns. It has also opened doors for me with support work, since I find myself being delayed in areas compared to my peers. Wether I am or not, I’m not sure yet because I haven’t had my assessment yet but it’s in the works^^. But I understand your look on it as well for sure
The problem is we don’t have enough doctors who can diagnose people. My mom is going through the process because she is fed up as a pediatrician not being able to get kids diagnosed and get them the help they need. My dog barked during the whole online seminar and the power went out. So it’s going great so far.
As someone with adhd the whole thing of people trying to diagnose themselves or treating it as a cute little thing has never experienced getting incredibly upset over something very small then getting more upset by the fact that you realized you blew up over nothing and hurt the feelings of the people around me, the stare at a wall for 6 hours
Never have i ever used tik tok and i get more thankful each time i hear a story like these
TikTok has too many flaws to the point that I just can't count how many there are, I just wish TikTok just shut down or restarted entirely.
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I didn't know the last kid didn't get found guilty!? That's insane i feel so bad for the neighbor/victim's family, that's got to be I unimaginably frustrating.
I'm a little surprised can you explain your mind set I'm genuinely curious. I havnt seen anyone talk about it but it sounded open and shut to me they came on his property and attacked him he fought back the guy was a correction officer and took the law into his own hands and followed him home and came on his property looking for a fight non of the harassment matters even the judge pointed out that harassment doesn't give a person the right to come onto your property and assault you and they should have left it to the police
@@bradsweet64he lured the father into his garage and attacked the unarmed guy with a knife while recording a video- would you do this if you were truely in fear and trying to defend your life?
@kG-rv1ck yep just got done reading the official report as I thought he did not lure them into his garage he ran from them into his garage after they were told to stay off his property and get off his property they did not and proceeded to continue to chase him him and it wasn't just the father it was the father and his two sons they even threatened him as soon as they reached his property animated vague threats to his wife as well when he retreated into his garage they followed him in there and they ended up stabbed they had every chance to flee they knew he had a knife the family is being charged criminally with trespass there's literally zero excuse for what this family did
I really hate that people try and fake autism, can't imagine how difficult that makes it for people who actually have it and try to speak out about their experiences :((
yeah. i have autism and i was once told my diagnosis was a "privilege". i hate those people sm.
Same i have it as well as adhd,ocd and tourette's. I will never understand why people pretend to have them especially with how miserable they can be and with how others treat/think of you i will never understand. I dont even tell others unless something comes up like me ticking from my tourette's in front of them
coming from an autistic, being autistic can be hard enough. it already outcasts us from being treated like everyone else. but when people fake being autistic for attention, it affects our community a lot more and makes people treat us like we're all faking it. it really invalidates our struggles and makes us look like a laughing stock, especially for autistics that don't "look" like they have very high needs. it all makes the stigma around autism much worse.
@@candyoblivion6228 being diagnosed kinda is a privilege unfortunately. my doctor has told me i definitely should look at a diagnosis of both autism and adhd, but i don't have the money or access.
@@AsylumWalker i meant in a context where someone faking autism guilt trips me, mb.
The insane rabbit hole I recently went down is that one of your videos was suggested to me. I clicked on it and have been binge watching your content ever since. Your delivery is hilarious, but some people make social media a strange and dark place.
As somebody with diagnosed autism and ADHD that was very late diagnosed and miss treated their whole life because of being “weird” or “ not fitting social norms” people that want to fake autism, or ADHD, or any kind of disability, will truly never understand the cultural aspects of our community, and I will say there are things that make autism and adhd “fun” such as the community we have by sharing our own experiences with others, but that’s literally the whole point. OUR OWN experiences which fakers do not have. People always think that disabilities will give them some kind of positive attention, but in fact, it’s actually kind of humiliating when people treat you like you’re a dog and think that you can’t understand simple words just because you have autism. There’s a lot of terrible stereotypes about all disabilities especially neurological.
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4:04 I’m diagnosed autistic (like you) and autism syptomology was based on boys and men which makes it’s harder for women to get diagnosed. That’s why I got diagnosed as ADHD at age 5 (I presented like boy children) but didn’t get diagnosed with ASD until age 30. So like that clip you showed was 100% accurate from the girl in cotton candy makeup.
Honestly, thank you. I’ve seen so many creators with LARGE followings support self diagnosis, especially younger large creators. I saw a younger creator delete her video against self diagnosis because she was getting so much hate
As someone who was diagnosed with ADHD at 6 years old and reevaluating every few years and still maintain that diagnosis; its super strange to see it become such a fad and everyone is just so "I think I have adhd because I like to talk fast and I am very obnoxious". I hate everything about this "look at me" culture we live in.
As someone with autism, adhd and bipolar when people fake having it for attention and cause they wanna be special can be really offensive sometimes because its really easy to tell they dont have it but everyone believes them. People do literally everything for attention recently. It's kinda sad ngl
I have not been assessed by professionals for ADHD or autism, but my partner works with kids who do, and they tell me I act exactly like an adult version of them, and friends with autism tell me they see symptoms in me.
And I so struggle with imposter syndrome with these and other potential issues. Sadly, my income doesn't support random diagnostic exams.
Oh yeah, that's called a peer review, if someone who is autistic says you're autistic, you are 😂
Ever since it became "trendy" to have ADHD ive gone from being on a 1 year assesment waiting list to a 5 year one :) thank tiktok
I had a classmate in college who had Asperger’s syndrome, I was told that it was mild but you can pretty much guess by his mannerisms. Interestingly though, he was the first one who I talked to and became somewhat friends with in their batch (I was from a different batch, but I needed to take some of their classes after taking a year break). He was from a different department but transferred to us because of bullying, I can see how it was hard for him to get along with people and open up. At some point he was able to open up to us since we were a department with like only 15-20 people in it and we were close-knit and tried to get along with each other as much as possible. After a few years with him, we saw how he became more talkative to us and can actually look at us from time to time, it made us happy whenever he was the first one to say hi to us.
Disabilities are not trophies to collect, they are challenges that people have to live with. The achievement is not being diagnosed with disabilities, but by being able to live and do the things they want while having one.
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As someone who stumbled across a tiktok or several about ADHD symptoms and thought “hmmm I relate to that A LOT”, then went and got my actual diagnosis.. if people ask me how I figured out I have it, I do not ever tell the truth lol. I always assumed it was only other disabilities affecting my concentration and that I just got bored easily, perhaps I was selfish in not enjoying doing things that weren’t fun. I hate appearing to be a self diagnosis person, I ain’t about that. I just say my therapist happened to notice it. >.<
In regards to the first girl, they didn’t actually recognise that girls could have autism and ADHD for a very long time. I think it wasn’t until the 80s (please lmk if I’m wrong) that they finally started recognising autism in girls more. People were “used to little boys being naughty” so it was more acceptable for them to act out and it was noticed a lot more. You can also have the hyperactive part in your head, which is what I have, my brain just doesn’t stop. But I don’t think I can have as much hyperactivity in a physical sense due to other disabilities giving chronic pain and fatigue. Or perhaps I just don’t get that type of hyperactivity. Disabilities are whack.
6:28-6:53 the majority of those "Autism movements" are some if the most common thing I see people doing. Especially shaking your leg. I do this too, for me it's not an autism thing, I just to it because I feel like it keeps me entertained in a way.
im so glad you covered the self diagnosing because i've seen it so many times, but it was more people saying they have bpd based on a bingo card
TikTok is probably one of the most bizarre apps ever created, since mostly everyone on it is either from Gen Z or is mentally insane.
That venn diagram is a circle
Oompa never fails to spread us open and fill us with content
Ima fill u up with something
You have issues.
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as an autistic person i promise you i would rather not have autism if given the choice 😭 people faking it and thinking it makes them quirky drives me insane
I never wish anyone to have autism or adhd or ocd like I have 💀 like I don't think people understand exactly how bad it is, you can't socialize properly sometimes, sometimes you can't even speak, sometimes you get overwhelmed from the smallest sounds imaginable like someone walking it is an insane struggle sometimes to just exist fr
Tiktokers see one meme they relate to and call themselves ADHD, meanwhile I still sometimes tell myself I dont have ADHD and am actually just a lazy pos... despite being diagnosed by a doctor specializing in ADHD... and despite my prescription drugs for it working on me like they do for a person with neurotransmitter deficiencies. Sometimes I wish I had just a drop of that self-confidence those Fakers have.
Underdiagnosis and doctors with outdated opinions on ADHD, Autism etc is an actual problem, but uwu quirky self diagnosed chronically online people are as well and the second group makes the first group take us even less serious.
Being presented a disorder/disability means you dont have to develop a personality. developing a personality leaves you vulnerable because people might not like you and thats scary but having a disorder means you automatically fit in without having to do anything and also cant be blamed for it making you feel "safer" because its not your fault
My personality is a disorder/disability. 😳
The editing in these is always amazing as it highlights the unhinged way that papas mind works 😂
My farts are better than Oompaville’s farts 💨
@@p-__I’ll be the judge of that
i currently know someone who makes ADHD their ENTIRE personality. they will always talk about it any chance given and everyone is always reminded by them. now we arent sure they are actually diagnosed or not but they will say how they love being someone with ADHD.
The Hall of Cost trend was absolutely unhinged, it was so obnoxious & out of pocket that I could not help but laugh whenever I saw one of those videos.
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As far as I'm aware, just about everywhere it's classified as "assault with a deadly weapon" or "armed robbery" or whatever equivalent if the victim(s) can reasonably believe the perp has a real weapon. So if you hold up a bank with a realistic looking nerf gun, that counts because, for all intents and purposes, that was a real weapon.
One day some killer candy will show up on my doorstep and I will have forgotten that I ordered it. Thank you in advance for the surprise Oompa
As someone who has been diagnosed with things like depression, PTSD, ADHD and autism I don’t know how anyone can call those things a “win”.
I love how oompa talks about these people who fake autism but refuses to say he has autism himself. He wants people to interact with him normally not because he has autism. He truly is an amazing person
@oompaville OOMPA 6:28 i literally have been in the same breathing room as that girl, I have her socials and she is genuinely autistic and raises awareness of it... not sure in what manner you were reacting to her video but as far as i remember she had tried so longgg to get diagnosed and just wanted to say that she is genuine...
Ah, the internet. A wellspring of human knowledge yet venomous if overconsumed.
Adhd does run in my family. Though I was never diagnosed it was heavily speculated. After talking to psychiatrist I was put on meds for ocd, I am diagnosed with RAD and ptsd. And my RAD diagnosis is infact confused with autism at the age of my diagnosis. RAD is normally diagnosed at only a few months old but they caught mine at 15. It's stimulated from a rough relationship with parents and brain damage and now I know... I have brain damage
Oompa always fails to ruin our day
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What kind of compliment is that
What day is it? I haven't seen the sun in so long.
It is 12:50pm at here@@AngryKittens
It's frustrating because I didn't get diagnosed as a child but now as an adult it's super obvious I'm autistic and it's a real thing because my psychiatrist basically said the school system wont care as long as you're not actively bothering others and they wont look into it. So it's a real problem but it's annoying how that turns into someone faking it and using that as an excuse. Cause then people think you're making it up too.
That poem quote hit pretty hard tbh oompa, thank you for sharing it :)
My boyfriend makes constant excuses on his non diagnosed "autism" it's fairly new and really annoying.. I should probably move on
Saying "a win is a win" about PTSD is straight up so frustrating. I have diagnosed severe PTSD and complex PTSD, confirmed by multiple doctors. I straight up cannot imagine calling it a win in ANY way. It is the worst part of my entire life. It makes everyday and nearly every activity difficult. For anyone to say they want to proves they don't have it and frankly don't know what it even entails. It's not some fun time. I think they believe it is because so many videos show dissociation as something fun when even that is not accurate and not even close to the worst/ most prominent symptom.
I think people who fake disabilities like PTSD want so badly to be victims because they’re so miserable with themselves they’ve got themselves CONVINCED something traumatic happened to them that can explain their feelings, perhaps? Or a narcissistic notion for their misery to be deemed “worse” than others? Never had any patience, myself, for turning suffering into a contest. Nobody comes out the winner in those races.
My brother is autistic and he doesn’t even know it and I don’t even know if we are supposed to tell him or not but he’s one of the smartest kids in his class so seeing people pretend frustrates me and confuses me someone can be so disrespectful also, I love you oopaville 💕💕💕
I deleted TikTok bc of the self diagnosing, its such a slap in the face for people who truly struggle to function.
That's only one of many reasons I have 0 interest in it.
I just post my art on TikTok and tend to stay on the side of arttok that isn’t toxic. Very rarely do I get weird videos 😭
While tik tok may have been getting people to think they've got disabilities, I quite literally have been dealing with disabilities both diagnosed and undiagnosed since I was a little kid.
Today is Sunday, 3rd of December 2023, 4:00 p.m. and I just found out a few seconds ago, through this video about the fly syringe torture and it's totally despicable, I cannot believe this was a thing and I wish I had never found out about it.
oompapa never fails to make our days better
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@@ecstaticoranges3497 aint got no shame bout it 😋
Oompa never fails to bend me right over and fill me with quality content
He makes mine worse :)
@@ThatUtubeGuy facts
I have epilepsy and had no episodes since years due to meds yet choose not to drive vehicles and barely 50 people including work friends and relatives are even aware of it!
Why someone would worship disabilities online is beyond me genuinely! 😮💨
as someone with autism i will admit that a lot of them are just- so strange- but it is true a lot of women get misdiagnosed for having bpd or something else because theres trhis weird like- stereotype that females cant have- autism.?? its really weird,, a lot of undiagnosed autistic people also get misdiagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder sometimes- it's genuinely so weird,,
you know how it feels to be autistic but you don’t know what autism truly is so don’t act like having autism means you know all about it
you’re showing signs of narcissism with your constant need to be right and your attention seeking
if I was you I would seek an evaluation
@@baiaiaamjaajka im sorry if i accidentally made myself sound like i was the autism advocate? 💀 i was just sharing info that could be helpful lol
Self diagnosing never goes well. If you suspect you have a mental condition, PLEASE seek professional help to not only give you the most accurate answers and help, but your community, too.
As an autistic man of 40 years of age, i can say...THANK YOU !
This whole trend of " oh look at me , im autistic because i am sooo quirky" is not only annoying, it also harms those of us who actually suffer from what is an actual disability !
While self diagnoses can be valid, because at some places it takes up to 5 years and lots of money to actually get a propper diagnosis, theres definetly a trend of being " neurospicy" ( TikTokism for ADHD and ASD) .
Man I really hated the whole tic & tourettes thing that people were doing cuz to this day I can’t accept I have tics, it’s been 7 years since I got diagnosed and it’s something only my brother and parents know about. It’s something I always avoided and ignored so when I see people doing this it just looks kinda weird tbh. Also a lot of people don’t know but patients with neurological tics get bad episodes when they see other people with tics, if it’s really bad they will literally copy the tic or sound and make it one of their own, I had to be careful watching videos for a short period.
One oompaville video a day keeps the voices away
No it doesnt 😔
It actually makes it worse for some reason...
I genuinely have and been diagnosed with adhd, autism, ocd and tourette's. It's so confusing to me why people would pretend to have any of them they can be very miserable especially when you have multiple. If you genuinely had them you wouldn't be showing off and being like "look at me"
The case with Zachary Letham actually scares me. This kid was allowed to walk free after instigating a family into attacking him and then killing one of them “in self defense.”
As someone who has both adhd and autism it isnt quirky or fun, when i was in class i always couldnt focus and my thoughts were buzzing around like an angry bee in a jar, and every time i got home i would cry for 40 minutes just wishing i could focus and remember everything, my mom put me in a homeschool group but it didnt work out either, not to mention because of my autism i walk on my tippy toes and now my hamstring has shortend so now im on a waiting list for a surgery to get it cut (i think, idk if its getting cut) and i cant run or walk for more than an hour without my feet getting sore and week, all of this has taken a big toll on my mental health, and honestly i expect myself to die by my own hands or end up broke eating cheap noodle cups in an appartment
I love watching tiktok because I get to see things I didn't want to 3x faster than I normally do
Jesus dude do you ever take a break?! You release videos SO much more often than most. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
It makes me almost nauseous at the fact that it is my generation that are faking these illnesses, some of which I have and have been professionally diagnosed with and in having to deal with these illnesses it’s so frustrating seeing people WANTING these problems and the fact that I am associated with this group simply because we are in the same generation. It is ignorant and harmful towards those who need a diagnosis and won’t even be considered or taken seriously by a professional because it was a trend. Makes me sick.
That trafficker guy... I did not like to see those videos because I couldn't help but wonder how those girls are now. It's heartbreaking, but I'm glad he put it on TikTok so there is evidence against him.
14:26 WHY this made me laugh so much 😂
I’m glad nowadays there’s less people faking their mental illness and actual people who have never been diagnosed as children showing up with signs and are unsure. It’s less offensive.
The faking disabilities fr messed me up in 2021. I was going through it (funnily enough undiagnosed adhd and autism) and convinced myself based off of TikTok and minimal research I had borderline. Go to ur doctor y’all, don’t self diagnose.
Oompaville, your unique sense of humor and content always brightens my day. Keep up the entertaining videos!"❤
“I do that. I do that. I do that… I grew out of it” I almost spit my coffee. So funny
Oompa you should do some spooky content for October ❤❤
First when you mentioned the fly thing, i thought it was going to be about something my dad told me when i was a kid that is pretty wild. If you drown a fly and then take it out let it dry and put a little salt on it, it comes back to life. LOL
As an fyi, diagnosis for women with autism is usually difficult or overlooked due the dsm5 being based on MALE autistics. Women with autism behave differently and often mask heavily. Also, in the US, getting a diagnosis as an adult is difficult. Not only to find a place but if you do, expensive. I’m not saying these tiktoks are right and not absolutely cringe and misleading, but I feel a lot of hate is being thrown at women who recently discover their diagnosis with wanting to get attention.
ive struggled with sensory issues and social queues my entire life, the people who fake autism make me really angry because it invalidates those struggles.
My man Caleb always delivers the best content! 😊
Been diagnosed with ADHD since I was 7, Im 32 now, I see people always try to diagnose themselves with it and want to have it as if it is cool. I wish I was just normal. I have the worst time management, I often put whatever Im hyper focused on over important things I need to keep on top of and it puts a strain on my relationships, among many other things. I just don't understand why people would want this stuff.
The girl at 3:30 is speaking truths though! Only recently, more professionals are recognising female autistic traits. I was misdiagnosed again and again in my childhood, struggling through school and college, all the way until my mid 20s. I saw professor Simon Baron Cohen who diagnosed me with autism after a long interview. Me and my mum had tears because it was such a relief to finally be understood after years of struggling through life being miserable, misunderstood and bullied.
Yeah I was kinda disappointed that he took that tiktok to mock her... the things she was talking about are really serious and real issues regarding the diagnosis process for females with asd... especially adults
@@emiljankus3516 exactly! I was disappointed too. I guess he doesn’t get that these hardships exist on the female side of the spectrum 🙄
So when I was younger, I read the book "A Rebel In Aushwitz" which was about a Polish Undercover Officer named Witold Pileki. He was sent to Aushwitz on a mission. He eacaped but died to a gunshot when he was caught again. His records of the what happened were almost lost in history. Really recommended but it VERY dark, not the best for younger readers.
with the tiktok rap about autism, she is right about autism being one of the biggest missed diagnosis for women in mental health, it is usually brushed off as BPD, Depression, or Bipolar
I'm someone who actually has autism and had ADHD and never once did I brag about it. I was relieved to learn that there was a reason behind my behavior and other stuff, but I would never be happy about having it. It's just sad how many people who do this trend and are so happy about it
There are two girls who work with me and have both self diagnosed themselves with Autism. I do not have Autism but I have been diagnosed with ADHD, depression and anxiety (which is essentially just ADHD as it has branched from both of them, dunno it’s super weird). I cannot express how frustrating it can be to hear people “self diagnose” themselves with a mental disability.
I've been diagnosed with ADHD since i was 6, i remember when i was little i was not liked because i acted rather abnormal compared to other kids, and it baffles me to see that kid's nowadays will 'pretend' to have ADHD and think it's a gift and that it just makes you really unique and makes you 'creative'. It's just mind boggling how back when I was a kid no one EVER would have wanted to have a disability. News Flash, ADHD isn't fun, and it actively makes my life harder. Don't emulate disabilities.