I'm on the same team as your husband on the heart beat thing. It doesn't gross me out, it actually makes me anxious. I don't like being reminded that I have it

it INFURIATES me when allistics have the nerve to think they have the right to gatekeep by saying "you wanna feel special" autism diagnosis made me feel NORMAL you piece of shit goddamn.

I remember that when I was a kid and I had friends over, I would have my mom come and lie about me needing to do something because my social tank was on empty.

I truly believe that people who are good at communication such as knowing when to speak, when not to speak, when it’s your turn to respond etc. learned it from observation. I don’t think anybody is born a good communicator, we tend to communicate the way we grow up seeing the people around us communicate so you learn what cues and mannerisms show that it’s your turn and when it’s not. Then it just flows without effort for some. I’m somebody that can have long in depth conversations with complete strangers at the check out line. Something my family often chuckles at is that I’m known for exchanging phone numbers with so many random cool waitresses I’ve met over the years that were taking my order and just vibed so well with. I was watching my 4 year old daughter talking to her friends mom and noticed many of her mannerisms look exactly like mine! Even the way she was standing, using her hands to communicate, giggled, responded and asked questions in exactly the same way that I do. Very interesting to see! So I think it’s learned at a very young age from our primary caregivers. We all as human pick up cues throughout life but I think people with autism maybe have tunnel vision as children that possibly don’t notice or pick up on these cues.

12:24 my dad LOVES transformers and if there’s anything new to buy about it, he’s gonna get it! he is not autistic, here’s a daily reminder that u can like something that is perceived as childish or kiddy without being autistic or anything :)

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

Here's the thing. A lot of people still have this mindset that autism is a primarily "male", primarily linear, primarily children's condition. Thus, Autistic females (and autistic adults in general) can't possibly exist, right. WRONG! We do exist. I should know. I was diagnosed in 1993!

I'm probably autistic and I literally say the weather sure is weathering to people.

OMG, thank you for this missing piece of information.

I've been wondering if I have autism for a few years, and my psychiatrist isn't well versed in it. In Canada, it's incredibly difficult to even see a psychiatrist, so I'm not sure I'll ever know for certain. How does an official diagnosis affect your life?

Are ur earrings plumbobs or am i js too addicted to the sims

Idk about enjoying the impulsivity of adhd but yep. If theres an element of demand resistance that can undermine a routine

My brutally honest opinion is "fekk off Dr CEO". He's like the Trevor Noah of vanilla outrage. Aaah...no need to be rude but it makes me feel better 😊

Glamorsing autism = enjoying life ig

The problem with Sexy Autism Awareness Month would be that a lot of sexy clothes are tight fitting…… just no. Or mesh. No. No. No. What can people with sensory issues wear to look sexy? On second consideration, maybe Sexy Autism Awareness Month could celebrate sexy clothes that feel good to wear.

1:31 - That’s called bullying 😭 im pretty sure they were bullying you

Only in recent years have professionals realised that autism can present differently in women especially if they are high functioning. So don't be surprised if some psychologists are still stuck in the past with their autism knowledge. The best for you is to find someone who has more experience with autistic woman.

Autistic people that have extreme difficulty in living in contradiction I don’t believe need therapy. Because living in harmony with your internal narrative being ruthlessly honest with yourself and others is not a disability but a virtue. This world is predicted on being narcissistic it’s a world that has catered to this type of normal personality. The average person is more than capable of living a lie autistic people are virtually incapable of it not by choice but out of mental necessity. Our own minds are intolerant to things that are not logical or contradictory we therefore have extreme reactions to anything and anyone that is like this. Our communication is the more correct way though it’s not normal in this world. This world communicates constantly in a contradictory way and therefore illogical people hide themselves from their true self and bad decisions because of guilt and shame. Autistic people don’t have that privilege of hiding even from ourselves we are extremely self reflecting to a fault. I was told at work in at 21 by a colleague that my biggest problem I have is I’m too honest. I’m now 47 and still I think about it and I still do not believe I had that said to me I mean if you want to know what we are up against that’s it in a nutshell. This world is so steeped in lies and deceptions truth honesty integrity self reflection reality logic reason articulation being specific etc etc are literally considered alien and a threat in every way you can imagine. Those of us that have this spectrum have been used as the world’s scapegoats and we get gaslit constantly. But if we manage to fight through our internal turmoils and begin to recognise it’s really not us but the state of this world we can rise from it all. I have found the way to overcome it all by removing every fear I ever had and completely having no expectations to anything. I live daily in a state of gratitude I can communicate at every level across all deep philosophical scientific political and religious topics with any type of person most people do not agree with me which is my normal I have embraced it and turned it into my super power I have been able to achieve all of this because I formed a close relationship with the creator of life Jehovah God it is only because of getting to know him that I have gained the wisdom to overcome this world and to see the largest picture of life there actually is. Once you see things as Jehovah does at very fundamental spiritual level you see the social problems of this world for exactly what they are and how they have become this way. The ultimate knowledge to everything is through getting to know our creator and having faith in his ultimate plan for our future.

That top is adorable!! Would totally love to get something like that for my bestie.

The diagnos "Autism" don't exist. It's a "Autism spectrum disorder".

I scored 48, and I didn't know this was even a thing until I found your other PDA video last night. I need to do more research, because a lot of what you talk about makes parts of my life that I've never understood make a lot more sense.

Ohhhh so yeah, I am definitely have the crying type of meltdown, but sometimes I thrash around and curl up into a ball while sobbing.

3:20 I accidentally started singing opera in my class And I was 11 😂

Has anyone here ever felt the terrible feeling of not wanting to sober up because it felt like putting yourself back into a box...?

On Meltdowns: It took me a lifetime (late-diagnosed) to learn that dissociation was part of my 'toolkit' for meltdowns.

"are you autistic or just a woman" i thought it was kinda cute with the little face at the end~!

I am part of the people who are daily on the internet and have not heard about this singer. I am also autistic. I do not see the issue with having a rebrand that feels so out of context, even plastic. Everyone is allowed to test new things and to test being somebody else for a time. Almost all of the child/teen celebrities go through that phase. I am myself kinda trying to change a bit to change my looks, bringing much more colors, trying to blend less with the background, bringing out my inner child that I didn't get to show when I was preteen and a teen, I'm 35. I for one like this look, I don't have an issue with spastic dance movements, I'm going to check her new songs after I finish this video, maybe I'll like it maybe not but that won't have anything to do with her looks, her dance moves, or her diagnosis.

A lot of this sounds like ADHD too.

Autistic master race let's goolo

I also have issues making requests of others. Which ends in massive frustration for me because often my ask is taken so casually or not even recognized as a request, when even just getting to the point of having to make an ask of someone else and the time I spent formulating the best way to phrase it and hating even having to ask is huge and emotionally that effort being dismissed hurts. I have had more shutdowns from the effort from being pushed to the point of even making an ask that if it doesn't have the response I planned or expected than anything else. Because i got it wrong/it is unexpected and I am really shocked in my brain. Is this something other PDA folks recognize in themselves? It is the main issue for me. I always see it in hindsight, but at the time I don't. So frustrating, I can see what happened after and it is so obvious. My brain doesn't operate the same in real time. I get angry thinking about it. I am forgetting to breath.

isnt paige like racist??? leave it to the ableists to harp on her for "faking" autism instead of shit that like actually matters?

25:24 Hmm, I apparently have no idea what you are talking about... 🤣

This is a discussion I am having right now. ...but I literally told my therapist that the reason I was seeking help was "I feel like my mask has cracked and slipped and I need help getting it back on." -- and this was before I really had understanding of the concept of masking such as we understand it now and the behaviors that it describes. But I knew that I had gotten so overwhelmed that I was meeting failure in ways I couldn't reconcile (any failure was unacceptable), and I was having a lot of trouble wearing my "customer service" face at work. Even with my supervisor. My unfiltered feelings of discontent, my unfiltered reactions (anger) to interruptions and sensory irritations (rattling in the HVAC, buzzing of the overhead lights), and just being so overwhelmed I kept shutting down through the day... I could no longer hide or compensate for these things the way I had been. (Also the inertia of my mornings - being chronically exhausted... which turned into being late... but then by lunch just working through without breaks, and after work at night when I finally could do my own things, I could stay awake for 30 hours....) Of course my therapist was like "we are not here to do that (fix/replace the mask)" - but it was important to note what I said was the motivation to finally get help. (Anxiety had kept me for years from being able to sustain effort through the process of finding a mental health professional....) ....all that ramble to say, thanks for making these videos.

I suspect that I am autistic and this gave me even more evidence of it to prove it to myself. I am still relatively young and I wanna reach out to someone like my parents or something but I am scared to. Looking for any advice from anyone Edit: I told my mom and she gave me the "You can't have autism because I was just like you when I was little, and I don't have it" treatment😕

15:45 i basically live from smoothies :) pro tip: prepare them in the evening. then there is nothing to do except taking them from the fridge in the morning. i can start the day like this way better

Hi, I don’t know if you take video requests, but if so, do you have any media recommendations (books, tv, movies) that have good depictions of autistic characters? Reading about characters that share aspects of identity can be really helpful, and for me it can help dispel the imposter syndrome somewhat. Thanks!

Your memory reads like a scene from the amazing movie, “Welcome to the Dollhouse.” The person who just despises the quiet “creepy” kid is the genuine creep. Who cares?! Leave people alone, you freak.

there's a lot here that I recognize and yet Im older and when I was your age (lol) in the 80's and 90's I was stoned and drinking and often using psychedelics and smoking a shed tonne of cigarettes, up to 2 packs a day. I feel very squirrelly when I consider how I might have felt sober. Kudos to you for allowing yourself to feel it out.

I don't know what I have but sometimes I can't stop crying at work, so embarassing, and it makes me feel so unlikeable because no one ever cares. I also cried every year at my boss's birthday party lol I'm such a weirdo. People love parties and I feel so nervous I start crying and then I say something about a massive headache and can finally go home. I hate being so weird.

Your title of the video is very rude celebrities should be able to have opinion

May I ask a question of the comments? I’m not sure if asking advice is appropriate?

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Shes narcissistic not autistic

I manage to keep employed for about 13 years till I crashed and burned unable to mask anymore

I'll bet that many of us who have had to self diagnose made Autism our special interest at least long enough to decide if we are autistic.

I never heard of JoJo Siwa but your fish earrings are cool!

I remember group projects in high school. I was the one doing the whole project and I didn't mind at all because it was in science class.

Children are stalkers. If they want to find out anything about anyone all they have to do is look up the child social media and the parents social media. They will take literally anything under the sun and use it against another child. And if the mom discloses a diagnosis that is very stigmatized they will become a target.