1.) Upon deep reflection, many of the words defined one way in the dictionary mean something entirely different in real life
2.) The DSM criteria for autism is fucking shit and should be rewritten
3.) I’m usually silent in whatever social situation I’m in or stick to very “safe” words because there are sooooooo many ways to express the same thing and my brain can’t decide which details to focus on
4.) I’m learning it’s OK to have needs even if they’re quirky and jumping from thing to thing to thing is what I do sometimes (even to momentarily distract myself from something scary which I need to work on).
5.) Emotion words are very hard and something I will probably be working on for the rest of my life
Maybe this’ll help someone :)
Yes it will help me that I have to finish re-reading chapter one of Unmasking Autism and make a post like I said I would
But these are all good things to learn and you're on the right track
Not mentioned: How people you thought loved you will try to convince you that you need psychiatric help because you noticed some of these things about yourself 😃
At this point, I don’t believe it would be productive to get an official diagnosis by a professional because I’m pretty sure allistics don’t relate to what I described causing life-crippling symptoms
Well come join the book club then, I just posted the Chapter 1 thread
