It is absolutely not disrespectful in the the autism community to self diagnose, for the record. Not in a "I took one online test and it said I'm autistic" way but in a "I've spent six months now getting increasingly deep into autistic people's descriptions of their own lived experience and the more I hear from them the more it sounds like I'm autistic" kind of way.
Anyway, I didn't want to just ask if you're autistic because that can be rude, but like, just from what I've read, my first thought was that you seemed like you're probably autistic. Neat.
Odds are that you're very high masking if you made it to adulthood without finding out, which is my story as well. My main stim is picking at my fingernails, which I've done my whole life. Anyway, I wish you a good journey into learning more about yourself.
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It is absolutely not disrespectful in the the autism community to self diagnose, for the record. Not in a "I took one online test and it said I'm autistic" way but in a "I've spent six months now getting increasingly deep into autistic people's descriptions of their own lived experience and the more I hear from them the more it sounds like I'm autistic" kind of way.
Anyway, I didn't want to just ask if you're autistic because that can be rude, but like, just from what I've read, my first thought was that you seemed like you're probably autistic. Neat.
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Odds are that you're very high masking if you made it to adulthood without finding out, which is my story as well. My main stim is picking at my fingernails, which I've done my whole life. Anyway, I wish you a good journey into learning more about yourself.
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I'm pretty sure I'm neurotypical but I still stim anyway, I like swaying and rocking when I'm into something.
Everyone stims at least some!