Justice💙 LICSWJan 22, 2023

What an excellent piece on #attachment specifically the #DisorganizedAttachment that arises out of being raised in a #cult bc of the push/pull of #love & #fear where the attachment is to the #ideology or #group or #CultLeader rather than the #secure base of the #GoodEnoughParent

http://www.alexandrastein.com/uploads/2/8/0/1/28010027/cults_final_ttsep16.pdf

Autism News InternationalSep 22, 2021
Autism is not a defense mechanism

https://embrace-autism.com/autism-is-not-a-defense-mechanism/

#Doubleempathyproblem #Medicalprofessionals #Personalexperience #Goodenoughparent #Autismdiagnosis #BrunoBettelheim #DonaldWinnicott #FrancescaHappé #GretaThunberg #Medicalsystem #DamianMilton #Heritability #Alexithymia #Diagnosis #Suffering #Etiology #Genetics #Ableism #Trauma
Autism is not a defense mechanism | Embrace Autism

Nana: I met with a Swiss psychiatrist who claims autism is a defense mechanism borne from trauma. Here is my experience trying to reason with this ignorant man.

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