The paradox of how accusations of parental "emotional immaturity" reflect generational fragility, neurodivergence, modern day priggishness and cultural shifts.
"My therapist says..." such a handy way to defame someone while positioning oneself as innocent. Probably a complete invention. In fact, if you actually do have a therapist who is diagnosing people they have never met, and taking the patient's account as unblemished fact, then all you can be sure of is that you have an inexperienced and unethical therapist.
I have read lots of articles on Medium about “missed” symptoms of ADHD or ASD now that they have been diagnosed in their 30’s, 40’s and beyond. Some blame parents for not getting them tested. Much of this is also a social contagion and the spectrum created by therapists. My son self-id as ASD. He was targeted by an online ASD “therapist” and groomed. He is not at all ASD.
This definitely aligns with the themes of therapy mediated rewriting of history and demonisation of parents. The critique of modern psychology and psychiatry includes the ever increasing catalogue of "conditions" with vague, overlapping and often highly subjective symptoms. Overlay that with pop psychology and self diagnosis and we have the sort of confusion and polarisation we see today.
"My therapist says..." such a handy way to defame someone while positioning oneself as innocent. Probably a complete invention. In fact, if you actually do have a therapist who is diagnosing people they have never met, and taking the patient's account as unblemished fact, then all you can be sure of is that you have an inexperienced and unethical therapist.
I have read lots of articles on Medium about “missed” symptoms of ADHD or ASD now that they have been diagnosed in their 30’s, 40’s and beyond. Some blame parents for not getting them tested. Much of this is also a social contagion and the spectrum created by therapists. My son self-id as ASD. He was targeted by an online ASD “therapist” and groomed. He is not at all ASD.
This definitely aligns with the themes of therapy mediated rewriting of history and demonisation of parents. The critique of modern psychology and psychiatry includes the ever increasing catalogue of "conditions" with vague, overlapping and often highly subjective symptoms. Overlay that with pop psychology and self diagnosis and we have the sort of confusion and polarisation we see today.