Dr. Alex George
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Who am I?
No, I don't think so.
And I think you do it for different reasons.
I think masking ADHD is trying to bend and flex into the shape that's required for the situation to round yourself to be acceptable for the scenario.
I think from an autistic perspective, if this is what I have as well, it is trying to be something.
You're trying to become something.
You're trying to bend yourself.
You're trying to be something.
You're trying to, what is it that I need to be?
Who is it that I should be?
It's a subtle but important difference.
I think it's bending into shape.
versus going, what is it that someone needs a doctor to be?
How should I be as a brother?
What should a good partner look like?
I need to be like that person.
And it's like stepping forward into that.
I think that's a common reason why you find a lot of autistic people as doctors, as actors.
People often assume that people who are autistic can't be expressionist.
That's not true.