Dr Tony Attwood - Good Mental Health for Autistic Girls and Women (taken from full video)
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Published 2019-04-29
Dr Tony Attwood is a Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., and one of the world’s expert psychologists specialising in autistic girls and women. As a best selling author with sales topping 1 million, Dr Tony Attwood will share his experience today.
All Comments (21)
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Wow, this is hitting a sensitive spot. When my psychologist asks me how I feel it takes ages to answer and then it is most accurate answer is to make the sounds of an explosion.
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"we fight autism with autism. we are pedantic. we have lists!" I lost it
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Any other aspies feel like they kind of fake their way through talk therapy?? I have always been encouraged to do it but am terrible at truly identifying my emotions. I end up just analysing myself obsessively just to have something to say but I don't truly "feel" anything.
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This man is brilliant; he's so in tune with the struggles we face from an AUTISTIC'S perspective. Listening to him speak makes me feel so seen and heard.
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I identify so strongly with this. I’ve always been hyper-aware of other’s emotions. It’s overwhelming at times.
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In my experience, aspies experience way too much empathy. When it becomes too overwhelming & can no longer be contained, meltdowns occur.
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This man is my hero. I've never felt so understood. I wish I had someone like him in my life when I was misdiagnosed and overmedicated for so many years.
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"Are you mad, woman, that nearly killed me!" --Me, every time I go to the grocery store.
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Absorbing the negatives and totally not relating to the super happy end is a perfect description.
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My problem with being asked 'how are you feeling?' is my first thought is 'how do you want me to feel?' because I have learnt over and over again is that I must reflect what others want to be accepted, even in my own family.
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I literally screamed when he said that it’s logical that Cbt wouldn’t work, I’ve tried to tell psychologists and others about this and they’ve dismissed it with saying that there’s more evidence for cbt than any other form of therapy.... just thanks 🙏🏻
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You have no idea... NO IDEA - how connected I feel to all of this. I’ve never been formally diagnosed but ALL of this speaks to me and I’m just in tears.
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I now realize at age 70 that my children, who are in their late 40s, are on the autism spectrum. They are high functioning with good jobs. They don't get along with each other. They don't feel a need to interact with me regularly. My son uses alcohol to calm his social anxiety. My daughter uses food. I wish that I had understood that they were on the autism spectrum when they were young...maybe things would be different for them now if they had the help they needed in childhood.
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Thank you for talking about autistic women being especially vulnerable to predators. I've recently self-diagnosed at 30 and the most overwhelming tsunami of self-love and compassion has swept over me now that I can better understand why so many sexual assaults' and one rape happened in a span of 6 years (age 16-22).
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ugh he's such a good lecturer i could listen to him talk for hours
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Converting thought and emotion to speech mid-meltdown to explain it to the normals who are made uncomfortable by your unexpected behavior, that's the worst.
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I nearly cried when he said "being non-compliant and not taking this therapy seriously". I read those exact words in the notes from a previous therapist long after we had ended our sessions and I was so confused and upset when I read it because I had no idea I was being perceived that way as I felt like I was trying as hard as I could.
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This man is brilliant
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Wow he really understands, this is brilliant, just hearing someone explain my experiences so well is so liberating.
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This is a 100% me. I can't believe that there is a person in this world that understands me that well. For the first time in my life, I do not feel misunderstood and alone! Thank you so much, I will send this to everyone I know because you explain my life better than I could ever do. Thank you so much!
