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MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 days agoHikikomori only describes behaviour, not a mental state.
And it is not mutually exclusive with asd. You can become a hikikomori both because of autism, or despite being neurotypical.
A person can’t “have” hikikomori instead on being on the spectrum.
If anything, I’d suggest that being on the spectrum makes a person more likely to become a hikikomori. Especially if the needs of that person go unmet due to them being undiagnosed.
CuffsOffWilly@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Read my comment again. Pay attention to the bolded part.
And it is not mutually exclusive with asd. You can become a hikikomori both because of autism, or despite being neurotypical.
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 4 days ago
^ this.
The same applies for ad(h)d and a few others. You can have ad(h)d without being on the asd spectrum but they often coincide.
Its a spectrum for crying out loud, a collection of sympthoms in a varying degree of severity. Because its a collection, which btw you need to have several in a specific degree to get asd diagnosed, it means that the sympthoms can coincide with other diagnoses.
Its like being overweight, which can come from being diabetes ( type 1 i think?) or from having a slow working thyroid or even from having a bad diet.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Indeed.
But even beyond your point, mine is that hikikomori is a symptom, not a diagnosis.
Basically, saying “he’s not autistic, he’s just a hikikomori” is like saying “he’s not autistic, he’s just shy”.
One has nothing to do with the other, except when it does, and it’s possible to be both, or either.