Autism TikTok Compilation #4

[@fenixmeaney6170]

"hey Brennan, you want a different shirt?" Brennan: dafuq? That look

[@buscuitsandtea]

It was so relatable that was the face I did when I couldn stand the feeling of other clothing besides a swimsuit and my parents were like WaNt To WeAr SoMeThInG ElSe

[@inhysteria9952]

why is nobody talking about 8:12 those disney mascots are so amazing for helping him the way they did! (I’m not crying you’re crying)

[@MrsMrsBecky]

I cried too 😭😆

[@theautismrizzler]

You’re right, I am crying

[@yunamchill9169]

I'm crying and I'm not ashamed of it. (Though I'm probably also crying because I have my days)

[@RiveroftheWither]

He was adorable so it would be hard to not want to help out honestly.

[@gpettus9508]

Yeah that really makes me wonder how they’re trained. Do they rigorously train all their employees to accommodate all children? In any case, it’s adorable and wholesome. Peter Pan made me think of my older brother whenever I’ve seen him play or interact with little kids.

[@shadowfox933]

That one about the dad bringing a block of cheese to test airport security 😂

[@undone8753]

I got a ‘yeah I could tell’ response from my friend after I told her I was autistic. She probably actually could tell though because her brothers have autism and one had adhd

[@openhearts5000]

Oh maybe she didn't mean it in a mean way then she just recognized certain traits!

[@Inno4138]

Makes sense, just unfortunate that it can be used wrongly by some other people :/

[@justanotheranimeprofilepic]

I had " yeah I could see that" from a friend and it just kinda stung a little

[@bumfrog8513]

@@justanotheranimeprofilepic really? I’m sorry that your friend said it that way, when mine said it that way it felt validating for me. But I guess it is kind of a weird thing to say

[@turtleanton6539]

Yea

[@Eklensjd8654]

2:54 "Your poor parents" The joke's on you. Both of my parents are autistic too Also the one with the disney characters was so wholesome

[@malicorne8201]

Wow what is It like to be autistic and also have autistic parents? Do You have any other autistic relatives?

[@TheCloverAffiliate11]

Literally crying at how wholesome the Disney characters one is That made me...so incredibly happy

[@Eklensjd8654]

​@@malicorne8201 My brother isn't autistic and sometimes my mom, dad and I will be sitting on the couch and my brother will make a loud sound and then there's just three people with auditory sensitivities just going "UR SO LOUD TF". We eat at the exact same restaurants every day, and usually it's pretty dark in the house. It's filled with random things from each of our respective special interests (my dad has a corner of records and comic books, my mom has an entire room full of horror movie stuff and I have a bookshelf full of neuroscience books)

[@malicorne8201]

@@Eklensjd8654 That sounds so great! Me and my dad have a bit similar dynamic, many people on his side of family seem to be on the spectrum. Especially the eating in the same restaurant part XD

[@SFQ14]

Your family sounds fun! Only one of my parents is autistic, that and I have a younger brother who's on the spectrum too. Unfortunately for me, both are way too loud (brother can't control the volume of his voice, dad loves loud tv) and I'm the one always getting pissed by that lol

[@mahatmaghandi4288]

It's pretty cringe when some "influencers" speak as if they are talking on behalf of all autistic people, as if we are all one hive mind and everyone's entire identity and personality is "being autistic".

[@Inno4138]

Incredibly similar to that comic with that guy saying “Why don’t girls like me” and a literal hive-minded horde of women show up. Ngl it’s a *very* dumb way to think of people

[@nerdgeekcosplay909]

It took me about 2 years to accept my autism now my anxiety disorder is another story. Anxiety sucks

[@taoist32]

That sprinting thing is interesting. I still do it from time to time and never knew it was a part of being autistic. Just another experience to add to all the other autistic experiences.

[@stArismynameee]

0:26 his drawing is fabulous! i can’t believe that someone wouldn’t think of him as some kind of artist. sure, he’s not drawing forests and realistic people but the drawings he does can be considered art, so he’d be considered an artist! this shows that autistic people CAN do things, especially by themselves.

[@margorosenberg6618]

The second to last one was so wholesome. Kudos to those cast members for making that kid’s day.

[@lindaliriel]

I got my diagnosis when I was 38 years old...So much stress, pain and anxiety would have been spared had I been diagnosed as a child or even as a teen.

[@DinosaurNick]

I'm 39 and still haven't been diagnosed. Trying to figure out how to get set up for tests. I brought it up to my old doctor amd I'm like "I want set up with therapy to find out if I'm autistic or add or whatever else" and he laughs and goes "Why?"

[@diablominero]

Early diagnosis for autism isn't always better, seeing as the early childhood therapy is sometimes ABA, and that does more harm than good.

[@Willow._.tree.]

#StopTheShock

[@ellieragsdale4398]

I fully agree. As someone who was diagnosed at 2, it didn't help my self esteem at all. In elementary school, I kinda picked it up from my parents' conversations, and I came to "understand" that my autism is me and I am my autism and that it was the source of all my problems and therefore I am doomed (do I sound like Autism Speaks? Because when I was little I thought it was supportive. I had no idea it was really Neurotypicals Speak Over Autistic Voices and Try to Eliminate this So-called Epidemic). I was forcing myself to function normally in the bright classroom in an uncomfortable chair when everyone else was SO FREAKING LOUD, and I didn't have the energy or the maturity to realize it's not my fault I didn't fit in. It made more sense to blame myself. On top of that, I struggled to actually complete my homework in a timely manner, which I also assumed was autism at work (now I know it was mostly ADHD). 8th grade was extremely difficult because I felt extra pressure to fit in, like most teenage girls, except my brain kept saying, "you're autistic. You'll never fit in unless you put in absolutely all of your mental energy and learn about things that do NOT interest you". I decided not to do that, but it still hurt that I was so out of touch. It took me until high school to fully understand that I didn't need to fit in, that conformity and being "normal" is overrated, that people will love me for who I am, autism is not a death sentence, and that my strengths are worth celebrating even though they don't help me so much in social settings. THIS is what I needed in elementary school. Not the knowledge of my autism that I couldn't really understand correctly. Even though my parents frequently reminded me how smart I was, it didn't feel like enough, and I still felt the stigma around autism. We need more acceptance, more stigma breaking, more widespread information on autism as it really is. It pains me to think how many children grow up thinking that autism breaks them. I finally understand it makes us who we are, and that whoever that is deserves a place in the world. Sorry for the long comment.

[@smelly4498]

@@ellieragsdale4398 i’m the exact opposite, at least diagnosis-wise. i grew up in a home that never talked about mental health and my father just doesn’t believe in mental illness or developmental disorders. every time i would ask for help he would just give me study tips and i would spend hours every weekend trying to focus and crying because i couldn’t do the work. at 17 my mom and i went behind his back to get me psychiatrically tested, and i got diagnoses for adhd,autism,depression, and anxiety. even after telling him he went on a long speech about how doctors aren’t reliable and there’s no physical evidence for my problems (of course my firsthand experience, evidence of hormone deficiencies that cause adhd and depression, and decades of case studies on my exact conditions weren’t enough for him) and eventually steered off into an anti-trans rant. i guess in his mind scientists are all evil and wrong so the ones who promote transgender care and the ones who diagnose mental health disorders and disabilities are one and the same. he’s super wacko christian and a total bigot, so not surprising but it hurt to see him so misguidedly angry at something that i found solace in, my diagnosis. eventually, after a lot of tears, and a difficult weekend with him, i go back to my moms and prepare to never talk to him again. i get on a phone call, tell him i’m not visiting him next weekend, and what he said hurt me. he called me manipulative and tried to explain that he was just looking out for me and this wasn’t his intention, and “punishing him wouldn’t make me feel better”. months later, i still talk to him and occasionally come over to his house. i’m not quite ready to say goodbye indefinitely, but i don’t know what would change his mind if this entire thing didn’t. i’m not trying to say your experience wasn’t super difficult, and i certainly don’t want to make a contest out of it. it sucks that either way us neurodivergent people get the short end of the stick, even from close friends or family. the casual ableism i hear constantly is astounding, especially since i mask fairly well, so i can only imagine what other in the community have to deal with. i’m sorry you dealt with that, but i hope you’re doing much better :)

[@alexallen6001]

A local ABA location wants me to work for them. That's a no from me dog, I have no car rn

[@bumfrog8513]

I was thinking about this the other day

[@RaurXDberry]

8:11 It nearly made me cry , that child is in a good home And the guy (I forget his name at the moment ...Gaston 8:34 ?!) Calling him "princess" warm my cold heart And seeing Captain jack Sparrow as well 😭❤️😭❤️

[@agnes8477]

I did cry lmao. It really warmed my heart how he was treated and how much he looked like he was having fun :)

[@CaolánTheCryptidCrow]

Oh my god I relate to the “adhd and autism fight each other” one!

[@andreasanchez1453]

Right here

[@DinosaurNick]

so do I Like I got schedules for my housework and for my gaming. And I'm like "I need to follow my schedule" "But I want to do something different" "Nope, stick to the schedule." "Why?" "You have to"

[@SqualorOpera]

POV: you’re autistic and watched this for sameness, but actually learned the reasoning for a lot of your random little habits

[@DinosaurNick]

How dare you call me out so hard /hj

[@jenniferreisch478]

I'd like to relate to the rest of the video, but my fingers are still rubbing together to get out the gross of watching that person at the beginning touch things that are fake-soft. I can't stop thinking about this! The excitement when you see something fuzzy and soft and then touch it and find out it is some how static-sticky and I can't get the feeling off my hands now!!! 😂

[@Vamp1re_m0ney]

I feel all of this at 4:33, I heard the word "Bop" in TV before and I haven't been able to stop saying it- Awww at 5:20 made me so happy:)

[@samuelaraujomedeiros6682]

There's a meme in brazil where this famous doctor called Drauzio Varella says "That's true... Well, sometimes not." But he says it in such a singular and rythmic way, and that shit is stuck in my head and I say it all the time. Guess what was my reaction when that tiktok came up? "That's true... Well, sometimes not"

[@hagstruan1140]

The one about late diagnosis for women made me cry. She's right, I was not diagnosed until my late 40s and there is NOTHING around here. I think they're going with "If you've gotten this far, you must be high functioning." Yeah, at the cost of constant burnout since adolescence.

[@kirasaunders9915]

Is anyone else overly sensitive to other people's emotion

[@athroneoflies8785]

omg yes. Its just like, i know youre sad and its making me hurt too but i still dont understand why. People explain but i still dont know why and im still sad too. its exhausting sometimes

[@komaedakat1583]

me

[@fyodorscave]

me!!!

[@meowmeowmeowmeowmeowmw]

Yeah also of topic but why do pll make fun of others for clothing chosies or personality? "Like hahah okay Emily" What does that mean? Everyone is unique also I am 13 so being in class and hearing ppl make fun of the LGBTQ+ community is just really unnerving. Anyway I do agree with this. I'm getting tested for Autism and I relate to these videos and in all honesty people with autsim/asperger's that I've been in my life have been the coolest and I feel like were misunderstood sometimes :/

[@data6022]

i thinks its called being a "hyperempath" or smth and yeah absolutely. Im somehow extremely sensitive to people's emotions but as soon as they get out of the room I'm in Ill be fine again. like, if you're crying I'm crying, but I'm almost never sad when someone dies.

[@thewarroom1944]

6:30 Honestly, I think the world needs more autistic people, because no matter how severe their disability is, they are the sweetest people I’ve met. Those of us who aren’t nonverbal and express our thoughts more could really change the world.

[@nerdgeekcosplay909]

If they ever find the cure for autism I wouldn’t take it. I was born this way and to say “ I want to be fixed “ is basically me saying “ I hate myself.” I don’t hate myself I love myself and I wouldn’t trade my autism for anything. It’s part of me that’s never going away.

[@ludokerfluffle6232]

I ended up looking at these videos after a lifetime of feeling alien to this world, struggling to maintain normalcy and spending over a decade of therapy and misdiagnosis. Stumbled into Autism through ADHD and CPTSD. Me: at 42 na I'm not autistic. I don't do that stuff.... masking?.... maybe..... oh... everyone doesn't do this... See the last clip 🤯 The more I learn the more I'm sure there is a reason I think and feel the way I do and why its been so hard to be normal. Why I can't maintain it. Why I've been so unsuccessful at making my self "better" I've never had the words to explain whats going on inside and the more articles and vids and AQ tests. The more relevant words I find. Could it be that I'm not broken or forsaken? Maybe I'm just different.

[@moiaussi7722]

Autism and ADHD are what you call comorbid, basically if you have one you're more likely to have the other

[@mushrooms_and_monstercans]

There is nothing wrong with you. Everyone is unique, but some people are just more unique than others.

[@the_toastiest_dino]

That was poetic

[@dragonmage1175]

2:55 This dad sounds like an absolute vibe honestly

[@dorothyallspice1862]

Any other autistic people like looking at themselves in the mirror? I do it not only as a way to hype myself up in the mornings, but also as a way to keep myself occupied.

[@user-ls1bw2uw1j]

I do too!

[@seatbelttruck]

Not so much anymore, but apparently I did when I was a baby. My parents would plop me down in front of one when they needed me occupied for a little while. I also remember loving the mirrors and security monitors in stores when I was a little older.

[@Mimikyu007]

I do It all the time and tend to loose track of time while I do so. I like to do It because I forget how I look sometimes and LOVE to look at myself over and over, idk if people see what I see in the mirror, because I perceive It differently, but It helps

[@DinosaurNick]

I'm the opposite. I try to avoid mirrors. Possibly because I'm Neurodivergent + Non-binary + Gender Dysphoria But at the same time if I pass a mirror or see myself on a security camera I can't help but stare.

[@saharathedragon9282]

5:21 I legitimately just gave my phone to my freind and sprinted a good 100-125 meters or so. I have never felt so good lmao.

[@idofps9709]

2:00 buy the same shirt. i wear the same pants/shirts/socks/etc everyday... sometimes its just different colors. Carhartt has some really nice weighty shirts. 100% cotton, i know thats a issue for some people.

[@Natalie-Cornacchione]

Yes yes the weighty shirts I know the exact feeling you're talking about

[@Cielskyo.0]

I'm autistic and ADHD and this video is relatable on sooo many levels 😅

[@iridescentaurora268]

Re: echolalia I kinda sorta did that as a kid, I would repeat certain lines I’d heard from movies/TV shows, but only sometimes, it was never a constant. However now, as an adult, I find myself imitating not *what* someone speaks, but *how* they speak - their tone, their pitch, how their words flow together - and yes, accents too. There’s a few people who work for the same company that I do who are from the UK, and I have to actively stop myself from mimicking their accent because I don’t know if that’s something they’d find offensive or not 🙃

[@yelenakate4ever200]

2:09 is me (I have Autism). I will not eat it if I don't like the texture, taste, color, etc. I won't even try it (something I've been trying to work on). I had a teacher tell me "oh you don't look like you're Autistic" and also "oh we are all a little Autistic aren't we?". In my head I was like "No B we are not. No. No. No. No."

[@qirate.]

5:29 I LOVE THIS PART, ADHD PLEASE LET ME REMEMBER IT

[@Yellowblueej]

Regarding the last clip. Professionals that are neurodiverse DO know. If you’re going to get an autism diagnosis make sure you go to someone of the same sex that is also on the spectrum and will understand it. There are many women out there that diagnose and have it themselves so therefore your diagnosis is a trustworthy one. Especially if you’re a woman. You’ll be relieved you did.

[@lunad2595]

5:36 "ReEeeEeE" Me: yup, sounds like the funniest thing i've seen and heard

[@peachii8199]

8:13 is wholesome as hell istg imma cry

[@llGemini19]

Ok, I was not expecting to see a montage of a little kid at Disney living his best life meeting all the characters and now I have tears of happiness suddenly running down my face. That was so wholesome!

[@dorothyallspice1862]

I have no internal dialogue, so if a funny idea pops into my head, I would recite the dialogue I hear. Idk if that counts as echolalia though. Though sometimes I do find myself reciting quotes from my favorite TV shows or a joke I found funny while watching a stand up comedy act.

[@DinosaurNick]

I do that too I think. I often don't pay attention to myself until people point things out

[@ami_forte]

5:07 not me giving the comments a time stamp

[@Cyberwar101]

4:30 I do all of these. More often when I'm in a good mood

[@FloatyyBrain]

The sprinting thing is so relatable. Sometimes I’ll just be calmly walking next to my girlfriend and then all of a sudden I’m sprinting at full speed down the sidewalk. It’s nice because she’s nerodivergent too so she gets it.

[@maxnewts]

Thank you for making this 🥰

[@autistically.autistic]

No problem 😊

[@KpB2O]

my problem is that when I do wear noice canceling headphones, I get scared that I'll miss something, or that someone will talk about me (not bc of the headphones, since they are in ear(?)) etc

[@FuzzyLittlePanfurrs]

As someone who cosplays and is going through the process of getting diagnoses right for autism. It really does mean a lot to the children to portray the character in a positive and inviting light for them. I dressed up as princess peach one time. This little girl was so happy that she literally cried. But I spent as much time with her as I could. I saw her 6 months later and she remembered me. She came running up to me yelling princess peach. And she felt safe and welcomed. It may seem like a simple act of dressing up. To them it literally means everything in that moment.

[@denedoesthings]

I got in trouble for laughing about something when it wasn't appropriate and I've been crying for hours about it lol so we were having a lesson on grief and my teacher pressed the button where it reads the page (btw it's really fast and annoying) and so it was like the happiest voice I ever heard she was just like "whether it's getting an illness or losing a loved one :D :D :D" and I was w h e e z i n g so I got in trouble for it lol but I couldn't stop laughing it was just the stupidest thing to laugh at why do i do this, anyways thank you for listening.

[@MikuHatsune12]

That happened to me once too but it was an even more inappropriate time, it was a history class about second world war and concentration camps, the teacher was very serious and told if anybody makes any jokes they'd be kicked out of the class, and obviously I don't think anything about it is funny in any way but at one point the teacher was describing something specific and all I could see was it isolated in my head out of context and it was funny to me and I tried not to laugh but couldn't keep it in and I instantly apologized and felt really bad, it looked like I laughed at tragedy

[@DinosaurNick]

I do that too. I laugh at inappropriate moments or I don't get a joke and laugh late or try to act like I get it when I realize it was a joke.

[@ADHD-Creature-Official]

People thing I’m crazy because I make jokes when something is sad. I was laughing about how my cat died while I watched him suffer and I was wheezing while telling the story lmao

[@sukisukidaisuki7752]

The disney cast ine is so sweet💗💗

[@thefudgems]

OG Maleficent at the end straight up walking away with baby boy got me 😭😭😭

[@literallycalgabriel]

i am, and have been in the process of getting an autism diagnosis since i was 5. ive been to like 20 psychologists and they all do the dsm-5 and come to the conclusion that i am autistic over multiple sessions but just none of them are allowed to hand out a proper diagnosis plus where i am its all hella expensive and i was talking to my mother about it and how im frustrated its taking so long because if i had a diagnosis itd be really helpful at school with seating arrangements and work n stuff but she literally just told me 'they used to diagnose anyone but now because EVERYONE has autism they wont diagnose anyone' ma'am i just want it to be confirmed that i have it so i can finally get the adjustments i need as my school is shitty and wont do anything without a diagnosis

[@CelliPotato]

5:27 My natural laugh kinda sounds like a mix of a laughing fox and a dying fox and I’ve been told I do sound like a bird so this made me feel much better about it

[@Seven_Sweethart]

I am so glad I found this channel but it makes me sad because I am autistic and never got given the opportunities most of these people got 😢

[@faeriesmak]

Same here…but I am 46 and when I was younger autism was not recognized unless you were very, very impaired by it. I am just glad that it is now and that my 15 year old son is able to get the accommodations that he needs at school to help him have an easier time with things.

[@katdestine44]

So the echophenomenon is that why when reading i will make the faces or try to of the characters I'm reading about

[@sleepyspacegremlin]

The little kid at Disneyland made me cry because I remember going to Disneyland as a child (and adult) but not being able to enjoy it due to sensory issues. I'm so glad that more people are aware of the sensory issues now.

[@chancehanlin2747]

2:22 Seriously, if someone were to come up to me & say that, I'd reply with, "Oh, sorry, lemme just:" & make the most funniest face ever & harassingly reply with "Do I lOoK aUtIsTiC nOw, KaReN." Like DAMN BRO, is that what you meant by "YoU dOn'T lOoK aUtIsTiC.", you expect us all to just look like total weirdos & buffoons? *Sighs* It's the ableism for me.

[@banditxavier2893]

"And you don't look like a complete and total dumbass, but... here we are!"

[@St0rmiiDayz450]

The theory behind “you don’t look autistic” is that when people think of an autistic person, they either think of someone with Down syndrome, or is in a wheelchair like screaming and bobbing their head around. That’s why I think they say that and I’m not sure if they mean it offensive or they just didn’t know it could be perceived as offensive. It’s just that when people look or act like the things I have mentioned above, those people usually do have autism and so therefore the people saying that are associating autism with those traits, which of course is not true in a lot of cases. And I don’t think they should just be assuming though because autism is a mental disorder and doesn’t reflect on the person’s outer image

[@TheEmptyHead_]

It’s so sad seeing people hate on autistic ones. We have an autistic teacher at school. He also has adhd but it doesn’t change much. But all that doesn’t make him “weirder” or “stupid” as my class calls him. That makes him actually great! He’s so understanding of everything and everyone all the time. That man has been a better father figure than my blood father did so ye. He’s amazing and I can’t stand people shit talking him. No one deserves hate for who they are ❤

[@leaflet1686]

The last one with the man made em happy :3 I got ignored all my puberty and now struggle a lot. I took this RAA something S test. My score is so fricking high... Over 200

[@frostyyhands]

I think my little brother might have undiagnosed autism. I tried to talk to my parents about it, but they were like "How could you say that about him?" and went on mocking me, telling me I'm not a medical professional so I should stop talking nonsense. It's true, I have little experience with this topic, I stumbled upon a few educational KZbin channels only recently, so clearly I'm not an expert. However, I am noticing more and more behaviours in my brother that could point towards him having autism, and I'm concerned that he might not get the treatment he needs growing up. (Funnily enough, as I'm listening to a lot of autistic people talking about their experiences, much of what they are describing is relatable to me as well...)

[@coffeekat5066]

Well clearly the answer is to become a medical professional so they either have to listen to you or come up with some other dumb argument haha. I do feel like I have to mention though, autistic people don't *need* treatment. I've never had so much as a scrap of it, or any sort of special support from my family. Do I think my life would have been easier with it? Maybe, but I have serious doubts about it. Other autistic people may feel differently, but I've never spoken to any, including my older brother (so you know, someone else who grew up in a zero support family) who was only recently diagnosed.

[@danninmatthews5640]

The Disney one touched my heart.

[@OzCroc]

I was diagnosed with autism at 16 and barely any of these are relatable to me.

[@alifmuhammadchicago]

5:37 - Hey, it's Paige! 🙂Go check out her KZbin channel

[@somedudedoinart]

best thing when these are uploaded

[@まふゆ雪朝比奈]

I told my friend I have autism (he saw me having a small stim freakout and asked if it was Tourette’s syndrome) and ever since he makes jokes about it. This isn’t negative, I actually find it hilarious. e.g. we were picking up tennis balls and I was dancing around while I picked them up. “why are you doing that” (he had very little energy lmao) “because I want to” “your autistic-ness is showing” just stuff like that. I find it funny to be honest.

[@DinosaurNick]

lol I wish I had people like that. Instead I get bullied and mocked for my weirdness

[@1EmuFan]

2:10 as someone who’s autistic and a picky eater: no. I didn’t eat anything but a piece of bread (that I ate because I was too hungry, it’s a food I like, just didn’t want it before) one day bc I didn’t like anything in my house

[@dalishrogue3621]

That whole not eating if the food isn’t right is both true and annoying as an autistic adult. I full on stop eating my fave food because something was wrong with it and people always tell me to get over it. Like no. I’d rather starve leave me alone

[@ragdollrose2687]

I read "echopalilalia" and now I can't stop saying it in my head 😬 My autism loves irony 😆

[@smallkoifish4370]

The mimicking Tipton, I used to copy my words silently after I spoke then but I don't have it anymore due to some toxic people pointing it out. Needless to say, I no longer,do that anymore

[@PRose-dj2yw]

2:57 Her dad sounds like Fred Weasley. Guys he’s not gone he’s just in the muggle world 😊

[@carissahowell]

I'm almost 45 y/o and I just recently remembered that as a child I had a habit of lining my stuffed animals up, taking them down and lining them up again (I also still have stuffed animals), chewing on my shirt collars, hair and pencils (pica), which graduated to smoking 🚬 Twirling, combing and braiding my hair, snapping my fingers, clucking my tongue and popping my mouth (stimming, still do). I used to write out "rules" for how to be "normal" and fit in with other kids and be accepted (I failed!). I'm diagnosed ADD, BPD and bipolar but I'm beginning to wonder if I'm not also on the spectrum 🤔

[@Lunar_DeBrie]

For my own reference, I know I have echolalia, echomimia, and echoplasia. I repeat lines from movies quite often, when I hear something funny I repeat it, etc. I have mimicked faces on TV often, even if it's a cartoon. I used to (and still sometimes do) trace the outlines of muscles on my body.

[@seriffthehufflepuff7592]

Thank you 😊

[@Creepergirl7794.]

I think I have echolalia, echomimia, and echoplasia. I repeat certain words (especially if they're unique or weird sounding), melodies, or sounds both in my head and out loud. I unconsciously mimic the facial expressions I see on TV or if I read a facial expression in a book (i.e. "his eyebrows scrunched together in confusion") I make that same face. I also mentally outline objects or even people in black lines, which is actually really helpful for drawing because it gives me a mental map of the thing

[@Volundur9567]

"circumference of the square" I'm dead af now.

[@seatbelttruck]

Well... I certainly didn't know that about Tillamook Cheese. It's more than just delicious, I see...

[@vamplinvamp]

I totally didn’t realize it until watching this but the reason I’ve eaten only toaster waffles with syrup and powdered sugar for the past two weeks isn’t because I just really love waffles. Autism strikes again! I keep forgetting that that’s why I get on “food kicks” where I can and will only enjoy eating one thing for weeks or months on end… before my winter break started, it was double stuff Oreos.

[@Travisthiscr3atur3]

5:32 Me every time I think of a stupid adorkable scene from TMNT 2012 including your one but not only smart boi Donnie: EEeEeeEeReEeEEe My friends staring at me wondering why I’m laughing out of nowhere: 👁️👄👁️

[@angelicataylor7179]

Me: Worried about my oldest being on the spectrum when he's not talking past when most of my friend's kids are talking My parents and close relatives: "Don't worry, you didn't talk until you were like four" and "Awe he's so much like you." Me: Autistic as hell 😅 (I'm allowed to worry about him being like me, being an undiagnosed neurodiverse kid in public school was literally traumatizing)

[@CRKindle149]

Ableist: Neurodivergent people shouldn't exist! Me: Ok. Then let me take away your Pokemon, ghost busters, IKEA furniture, Emily Dickinson, all your Hans Christian Andersen stories/movies, Alice in Wonderland, Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Burton, Henry Ford, Leonardo da Vinci. AAANNNNNDDD your bill gates!

[@Melancholy_Analog]

4:56 lord I’m a late millennial with gen x parents probably on the spectrum too and they say all the time we didn’t have all these disorders in the 80s. Umm of course not the parents of gen x left them home all day alone, I doubt they cared about their diagnoses 🙄

[@nonbinarydinosaur5519]

4:06 Bro I just thought I had weird echolalia when I mimicked how someone walked or a facial expression I made earlier

[@h9964]

5:09 I needed that

[@auburneytuckerson2959]

I have echolalia, and it's been going on since I was born. I'm 22 now. 🤣

[@alexandrianaujoks3181]

Whenever I was watching Karate Kid and they were hypnotising the snake by swaying back and forth, people would comment that I would also start swaying back and forth without me realising. Also I love Scottish accents and so whenever I watch a movie or hear a person talking that has the accent, I unconsciously start talking in that accent as well. This also happens for Irish accents, but less frequently. The vine video about "Road work ahead? Ah yeah I sure hope it does!", I say that out loud frequently when I'm driving or am a passenger whenever I see a road work sign. Also, when I was being taught how to drive, and the instructor would say "Slow down" I would start to whisper "Slow down, grab the wall, wiggle like you're trying to make your ass fall off" and I would get weird looks 😅

[@ocarinagirlandthestories648]

So I was diagnosed with autism and ADD when I was 6, and around that time I also got my first glasses cuz apparently I was almost blind by then but I don’t remember much of that (my vision has improved immensely since then though. Now I just struggle with seeing smaller details when I don’t wear my glasses). I was supposed to start school that year but someone in charge thought I would outgrow, my ADD, my autism AND my genetic visual impairment in a year, so I started school a year later instead. They had the same logic when my brother was diagnosed with autism and ADHD and was supposed to start school. 😐

[@ArtsyLili]

I was so focused on the Disney Land TikTok that the actual TikTok scared me.

[@Goadenhomestead]

My brother, father and I (female) have autism. My issue is if I tell my mother, she will do what she has been doing for years to my father and brother, belittle and degrade me. Growing up, most of the "horrible" things that have happened to our family is because my father's autism. I'm afraid that if I inform her that I have it too, that I will be her next target.

[@younscrafter7372]

0:35 weelll, if you didn't ask for these things, it wasn't visible

[@geoffreyroulston1401]

Is it just me that looked at a animal and went I like it and now have 200 + penguin related things because I did.

[@adambomb1553]

Like, we can all agree that trying to "cure" or "prevent Autism is eugenics, right?

[@akitoherinton8249]

I told my doctor that my shoulders keep falling out of socket and almost every one of my joints is the same. It hurts. But he referred me to a psychiatrist because apparently it's all in my head because I have autism. So.. what part of dislocating my finger is all in my head? Can someone tell me how that works?

[@SnailTrailJay]

For echoplasia at 3:59, do neurotypical people actually not think about the shape/outline of stuff when they look at it? This is crazy to me

[@highlandoutsider]

Ah!!! Cheese bomb! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thats fucking genius!!🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@RB-FM]

I am at a dilemma, I think I have ADHD, the two therapists I have had have said “you probably have ADHD, you should go see a specialist to get a diagnosis!” And my mom is refusing to let me get diagnosed because “it will make teachers have to do more work for you and treat you like your dumb” so obviously I won’t be diagnosed until I am an adult- do you think it’s ok for me to tell people I have ADHD without a diagnosis?

[@0_0..0_0..0]

i might just not HAVE a personality, i just take other peoples or characters personalities and i’ve always been scolded about it but i can’t help it and i don’t know how to stop. i either mix and match from different people or just copy the whole thing, all by complete accident.

[@Estherbethe1...]

When you find out at 40....🤯 It ALL makes sense now! ...And 😡😤 had I known sooner I wouldn't have been used as a pharmaceutical guinea pig and gas light my whole life. We're the emoji that screams untill it's throat bleeds? 🙃

[@stygian4330]

Anyone else have a way easier time sleeping when there's weight on your lower legs or feet? Like from a pillow or extra blanket or something? No one I ask knows what I'm talking about lol

[@snihks]

I don't have autism (I don't think at least) but I do relate to most of these things in this video (some of the other past ones too) and I want to look into it (I'm too lazy to do research 😭) if you do/did self-diagnose, pls help me (I'm too scared to ask if autism has been in our family) I don't stim (at least I think I dont-) so idk man

[@biancahertzman6539]

Autistic traits are universally human - it’s just a matter of how much those traits affect you. Some people say “oh, we’re all a little autistic, aren’t we”, when this is not true. Autism is also not a scale that goes from “severe” to “mild”, but instead a circle, with different autistic people struggling with different things. Putting an individual on a line is just reducing them to how hard YOU think they have it. If you are currently able to go through with a diagnosis, so do so, because you may be able to get a ton of resources and it may help you understand yourself better. Hope it helped a bit!

[@snihks]

@@biancahertzman6539 thank you this helped, I'm gonna try and ask my parents for a diagnosis as soon as I can

[@biancahertzman6539]

@@snihks That’s good! Just remember that your struggles are no less valid if you don’t get a diagnosis, because: 1. Healthcare professionals can be a bit skewed in whether to diagnose if your traits don’t present in the obvious, stereotypical way. 2. If it turns out you’re NOT autistic, the things you struggle with won’t just magically go away. You still deserve accommodations if you want them. This is something I’m trying to tell myself as well, because I’m currently waiting to begin my evaluation.

[@kittencuddler1072]

Talking to other people on the spectrum and with autism helped me discover I possibly have it. I'm still trying to the right doctor who doesn't doubt me to get an official diagnosis, but I strongly suspect I'm on the spectrum after talking with people who are!

[@WhoThisMonkey]

'weve become so smart, they've become stupid to us.' This is how I have felt for so long, but I don't want to inflate my ego, but seriously 👀

[@lillieharrowingbowen8427]

I think I might be autistic but I don’t know how to how to tell people

[@toaster2428]

5:50 hmmm sound like Hans Asperger, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Josef Mengele, Josef Goebbles, Reinhard Heydrich, and of ours * Adolf Hitler *

[@sokawai5]

Pause the video at 0:39 Anybody know he name of those. I remember those at p.e. that was my favorite hings to get on

[@autistically.autistic]

scooter boards!

[@DinosaurNick]

idk what it is but I have a weird obsession with certain textures. Does anyone else sit in a doctor's office and stroke the leaf of a fake plant because it feels good??

[@JDMimeTHEFIRST]

One thing about having autism is that you don't respect a-holes simply because they have authority. It's very neurotypical to let sociopaths get away with being bullies. Autistic people call it out. That's why we tend to get bullied out of workplaces even when we do most of the work. 🤓😂👽

[@CREATIVESHLOP]

I'm pretty sure I have adhd and maybe autism but I really don't want to self diagnose because I can be wrong about alot of things and relate to things that I don't actually do but I do allot of these things but maybe I'm just making up scenarios in my mind. Plus maybe I would just be unknowingly doing it for attention. And if I did get it professionally diagnosed by a doctor how would I even ask to get it diagnosed????

[@twentyonetortas5921]

5:06 did Atypical do a decent job for representation then? I'm kind of curious now.

[@yul.ansgt.17]

Kinda, a lot of attitudes of autistic and non-autistic are realistic, not the best posible ones but realistic; but the script sometimes pushed towards normalizing abuse and the help received by the main character seem adecute and non abusive for him not to understand other people boundaries, but hey that's just my opinion.

[@twentyonetortas5921]

@@yul.ansgt.17 abusive behaviour? like what? (i mean the mom and dad had their moments of doubting the mc every now and then)

[@yul.ansgt.17]

@@twentyonetortas5921 the mc broke into someone else's house, that's very fucked up, he has received special education and treatment to not know that it is wrong, i mean he is pretty old, just feels off, his mom can be over protecting in a neglecting way, not acknowledge his agency at times, his sister as well; it is framed like that's just their relationship but it can be very frustating that someone who knows how upsetting some things can be keeps doing them, I get where she is coming from; she feels neglected and put aside, and Paige violates his privacy and he is unnecesarily mean to her sometimes, so yeah that's how people act it is realistic in that sense, but feels a lot like a wasted oportunity to critique or reflect about the way we relate to each other, there's a couple of great videos about the subject, I've seen the one by tyler wolff and questing refudge they are both good and have different opinions.

[@twentyonetortas5921]

@@yul.ansgt.17 oh yeaaahhh S1 Sam (the mc) was a different person. breaking into someone's house is def not cool. did you watch the other seasons bc some characters have changed a bit throughout time

[@yul.ansgt.17]

@@twentyonetortas5921 I honestly loved the show, all seasons there's great character development, but still feels like an outsider perspecrive; but yeah sometimes I had to stop watching 'cuz it felt too real.

[@halocdpsn]

that one on lax airport lol i got funny experience there lol was flying home from there dude at tsa stand thing who looked at id noticed where i was goin to lol an was like redding hmm with smile an was like you goin to get the good stuff i see lol an im like actually i live there lol an dude was like oh i see you just smoke hella good shit lol im like yep lol