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brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof: :Nonbinary:") wrote:
Did a study dive last night and found some stuff which really resonated:
- https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjdp.12350 - autistic people commonly expetience "thwarted belonging" which can have a significant impact on mental health (FWIW I experience this a lot and come to think of it it's a big factor in my mental health issues). Neurotypical people only experience this very rarely! Camouflaging can also make this experience worse and more autism traits leads to more camouflaging. Plus, more socially motivated autistic people (again, myself, despite my isolation I am not particularly introverted, I just have social difficulties) are more likely to have these difficulties.
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13623613211067928 - calls out the social reflex to treat autism as a series of deficiencies within one's own head and address the environmental factors determining mental health.
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40337-026-01558-1 - points out that CBT acts from a white neurotypical conceptualisation of eating disorders and different groups have different reasons for feeling distressed and showing symptoms (e.g. for autism, the role of sensory sensitivities, for Indigenous communities, the role of colonial trauma). Furthermore, in an attempt to make CBT evidence-based, CBT trials will throw out anyone who "doesn't fit" which results in a skewed population. As a result CBT is not a universal therapy and can cause harm when misapplied (something I have personally experienced).