Female clinical psychologist told me I don't look autistic. (31M)
Female clinical psychologist told me I don't look autistic. (31M)
So, I underwent a standard psychological examination in which various tests are carried out (emotions, thinking, cognition, memory, personality, etc.). At the first session, I told the psychologist that I think I am on the autism spectrum, and I also suspect that ADHD and OCD go hand in hand with it. Today we had our last session where we did some testing to assess my cognitive abilities, and after doing some testing, she named anxiety as the obvious main symptom, but I told her that deep down and after years of self-analysis and online research, I believe that anxiety is just a surface symptom and all of my issues stem from undiagnosed autism, ADHD, and OCD.
She asked me to explain myself in more detail, agreed with some of my comments and disagreed with others, but in the end, she said with a sort of smile on her face that I don't look or act autistic, or that I am not outwardly perceived as autistic. She then mentioned that she has worked with other autistic people and children in the past, with very mild and severe cases, and I don't look like one of them. I am 31M. She thinks I’m more on the narcissism spectrum than autism, even though I have a baby face, even though I'm 31M and have problems in social situations, putting things in a certain order, having trouble navigating with and without Google maps, also being highly sensitive etc.
Some of the tests showed my abnormal way of thinking and impulsivity, also a strong need for justice and being righteous, but the psychiatrist basically brushed it off. You can be autistic and narcissistic.
I didn't even receive a PDF report from them. They said it's confidential. I emailed them but they haven't responded.