austism I'm considering getting tested for autism after a conversation with my family. If I'm really on the spectrum, my whole life suddenly makes a lot more sense. I've always been ignorant about autism, and it never crossed my mind that I could be autistic. I'm honestly still skeptical because it's easy to read a list of symptoms and think you fit several of them, and I don't know anyone who has been diagnosed with autism to check if these things on internet are even true. Hyperfixations, severe social awkwardness, masking, feeling too different from everyone else, emotional meltdowns, touch aversion, sensory overload (I'm still confused about what that actually is), issues with empathy, mimicking other people's behavior, saying rude things unintentionally and only realizing it later and regretting it, and other issues... Like, if someone I know is crying, I have absolutely no clue what to do or say besides gently tapping their arm. "too nerdy, too normal" I have no one to talk to…
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