The Misdiagnosis Pipeline: Are You Anxious, Depressed, or Autistic?

Ever been in therapy for years, doing everything right, and it still doesn't quite land? In this episode, I'm breaking down why anxiety, depression, or BPD so often gets named before autism ever does, and what that actually costs someone by the time they get the real answer.

I'm walking through why high-masking autism doesn't look like what most clinicians were trained to spot, why BPD in particular gets misapplied so often, and what it means for you if any of this sounds familiar.

In this episode:

• Why anxiety and depression get named first, and why treating them as the whole picture leaves people managing symptoms without ever finding the source
• Why BPD gets misdiagnosed so often, and what's actually happening underneath things like rejection sensitivity, meltdowns, and shutdowns
• Why clinicians miss it: outdated training, masking, and diagnostic tools that were never built with adults in mind
• What it actually costs to spend years being treated for the wrong thing, and what actually helps once you're looking at the full picture

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