Autistic woman reacts to BEST autism memes⎥

As some of you know, one of the ways that I discovered I was on the spectrum was from memes on Reddit. It's silly, I know, but relating to autistic experiences through memes helped me to feel validated and less alone. In this video I thought it would be fun to bring that experience full circle and react to a few of my favorite autism memes now that I've officially been diagnosed with autism. I hope that this video brings you the same validation and laughs that these memes brought me!

[@sweetbeecherie]

i spit my water when you referred to calvin and hobbes as the big guy + little guy xD

[@GarliccDread]

I feel like I'm so shit at articulating my thoughts lol. Like I repeat myself 50 times and trail off and forgot what I'm saying mid-sentence. If I'm passionate about what I'm trying to say, I'll stammer and struggle to "spit it out."

[@neurodivergentme]

Same. Knowing that people are impatiently waiting for me to make my point and move on doesn't help.

[@VeeJayASMR]

The months between my ASD test and knowing the results, I checked r/aspiememes every day :p

[@neurodivergentme]

SAME!

[@tatharelprincessoferegion8162]

memes: the TRUE autism test 😂

[@jochedev]

Also Autistic + ADHD 😁. Just had the thought that the reason why my brain 🧠 becomes very active when I try to sleep 🛌 might be because my mask is completely off and my mind experiences a lot of stimulation from being completely free. It’s a good thing, but the timing is unfortunate. Although I’ve improved at not putting on a mask, it’s still something I’m trying to work on, as I often put it on without realizing. I think many of you may be able to relate to this.

[@Bendythedancingdemon-gc7zy]

#9 is me, I had cried in public because of a cashier of a store that happens months ago and my brain would be like “hey! Remember that time you cried in public? Let’s make you cry again!”

[@TheCimbrianBull]

I wasn't expecting to get Rick rolled but here we are! 😀

[@neurodivergentme]

🙈

[@tatharelprincessoferegion8162]

1:45 wait, are you telling me you don't know Calvin and Hobbes? THIS IS NOT OKAY my dad has The Essential Calvin and Hobbes and I spent way too much time reading it in elementary school also 3:45 hits hard 🤣

[@neurodivergentme]

And down the google rabbit hole I go to learn about Calvin and Hobbes 🙈🤣

[@misspat7555]

@@neurodivergentmeHope you enjoyed it! Calvin is definitely at least ADHD! 👍

[@wellsonwheels457]

I have been following a lot of autism channels , but yours is the most relatable. Everything you say is ME!

[@neurodivergentme]

Thank you! That means so much to me 💕

[@jennifermcgraw9473]

My son who is also autistic says that the word Wednesday is green and sour. Synesthesia 💚

[@WMVKMBN]

Omg just like me😳

[@elivalmon]

It totally isssss

[@PixelPi]

Yeah a part two would be great, I identified with essentially every one of them.

[@catherinedesrochers]

My life in pictures, You basically made my week haha

[@neurodivergentme]

😘

[@TheAspieWorld]

Subscribed :)

[@neurodivergentme]

Thank you! I love your content 🌻

[@TheAspieWorld]

@@neurodivergentme AW thank you!!

[@dickottel]

omg I'm 30 and for me 25 year old people are older than me. I can't believe when someone sees me as an adult but at the same time I feel insulted when they don't, and I look younger so they often don't 😂

[@elivalmon]

I related to this memes before knowing I was autistic. Mayor confirmation today! Lol. Thsnk you!

[@TheTallGirl]

Oh, how I feel with you. Calling everyone: "Eh, .. you ..." and cannot recall the name of colleague sharing an office for last 3 years :D And for that secret keeping I have a great joke. A spy after a week of torture in a cell bangs his head on the wall and says: if I don't recall it, they could kill me.

[@marikotrue3488]

#6 and #10 resonated the most with me. When I was a child I used to study people for clues on how to interact with them. I would intently study their faces to memorize expressions. I would listen to laughs and try to imitate them in the mirror. I even had a friend (lovingly he said) compare me to an Alien, although I believe that was due to my intolerance for cold temperatures (for me that is anything below 75 degrees Fahrenheit, I live in coastal U.S. state in the northeast so yeah....) For #10, that one is easy it is my mantra to my friends: TEXT ME do NOT call me. I have about a 50% success rate with that mantra.

[@neurodivergentme]

I'm SO intolerant to cold temperatures! I currently live in PNW... the winters are mild compared to many other places but I just can't. I moved from the Bay Area and that was even too cold for me. 80 degrees is my sweet spot!

[@ryn2844]

You could nickname both of them Chris or Christi.

[@neurodivergentme]

Thank you, I'll try that!

[@Catlily5]

To me names seem like they don't often match the important essence of a person. So I have a hard time remembering them.

[@robinhood4579]

I relate to this so much! lol! I wonder how many secrets I've been told that I have no recollection of now. XD

[@neurodivergentme]

Hahaha, right?!

[@shadowfox933]

Y'all need to either stop being so relatable or I need to get a test done XD

[@neurodivergentme]

🙈🤣

[@justpeachy4393]

I don't think I meet the threshold for diagnosis. I am very good at feelings and don't have any issues with sensory overload, but I am slightly quirky... And numbers have colors 😅. I thought I was the only one.

[@geekfern5501]

6:56 I cannot stop referring to our next-door neighbor as "Dave" even though his name is Brad. I do it EVERY time and I don't even know why. I do also have synesthisia... So maybe he just looks like a Dave and his parents gave him the wrong name 🤔

[@dickottel]

for me it's remembering faces, I have to spend a lot of time looking at someone to recognize them in the street later 😭 I hate it. People must think I'm rude. Maybe I met my neighbour (an older lady) and didn't say anything to her, because I've only seen her for a few minutes total. It sucks.

[@Catlily5]

I relate totally to being so so tired but the minute I lie down to sleep my brain pops wide awake! I thought it was due to PTSD. But I do have Autism and ADHD also.

[@Aqwy73]

did u self diagnose?

[@Catlily5]

@@Aqwy73 No. I am diagnosed with everything above except autism. At the time I wrote this I thought I was diagnosed with Autism also. The psychiatrist said I had traits of Autism and I misunderstood and thought she said autism.

[@sysye]

I wish i had the link to some of these memes 😂

[@Warlie80]

Hay, to the #8, I tend to sort Persons to names. So there is a class of Katharina, Marcel and so on. It is not really kind but I can remember the names ... people ... whatever.

[@toucannonz3372]

#10 isn't a character from Atypical

[@lucas_A_Conway]

I relate to all of them I have aspergers syndrome witch is just High functioning autism so yeah

[@nitt3rz]

Number 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

[@MamaEvaUSA]

Gurl, SAME🙃🤣🤦‍♀️

[@CallmeBlueGaming]

why am I so upset that she doesn't know who calvin and hobbies are?

[@misspat7555]

It means we old. 👵🏻

[@thecatmangaming5503]

r/aspiememes is such a good sub lol

[@tishstewart1]

3,5,6 but now I’m fortunate enough to get to stay home 7,8,9,10 omg yes!! Or someone showing up at your house unannounced and 11. I might relate to the others but I just didn’t understand the meme 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

[@lugaruna]

I feel like while im watching this video i have to pause it with every meme and write my thoughts because adhd brainXD. 1: i always feel younger then i am and when people see me they always think im younger then my age. The last moment was about a year ago someone thought i was 17 and i was 27 at that momentXD 2: i totaly agree that you have to be in the right creative mood. Atm i can't make any jewelry but im realy inspired to make plushy's. Also a reason why i don't take job's. I just freeze in the middle of them:/. 3: i couldn't relate at first, then i remeberd i have had socks that do this and don't wear them anymore. Then i rememberd i mostly wear the same kind of sock i have been buying for years... The only thing i chance is that i make pairs of 1 white and 1 black sock. Don't let me get started about the maskingXD. 4: yupe the song just started playingXD. 5:... So that's not just because i can't comunicate well? 6: yea.. im definetly not the same at work and i hide alot of my problems and the things that realy bother me. 7: yupe space cadet reporting for apacing out duty:3 8: it litterly takes me half a year to get names of new coworkers rightXD and even then i have trouble with it:p. 9: definetly:p or all the mistakes/presieved mistakes i have made. Yea the midnight creativaty is anoying sometimes because i want to sleep but i need to write/draw something. 10: yupe. I get realy nerves when i suddenly get a call . 11: not sure if im called that but yea it just get's tucked away in a corner and some of them fall in to the garbage disposal at some point:p. ... What does it say about me that i relate to them allXD?

[@neurodivergentme]

This is amazing and makes me feel less alone 💕

[@lugaruna]

Well i haven't been diagnosed yet but i have a very strong feeling i might be autistic:).

[@MrSuperbeast92]

Yep. These are me.

[@swiftninja91]

I'm autistic and I had a hard time not laughing so I didn't wake up my family. Also, I am very bad at masking in stressful situations

[@LaurenMca]

I’m thinking of starting an autism channel. I was diagnosed with pddnos when I was 5.

[@nicholasclaus9695]

Hi I am autistic and proud

[@silentfriend369]

I think I might be autistic...

[@nicholasclaus9695]

Subscribed

[@neurodivergentme]

Welcome friend! Happy to have you here. 💕

[@Danielle-qv7xh]

5 + 7 +9 +10

[@sandileeper8239]

Oh man #5

[@neurodivergentme]

RIGHT?!

[@theJellyjoker]

I want to watch the video, but the echo was too much. 🥲

[@steinrunottastefansdottir1057]

#2 , #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11 😳🤔🤣

[@jahndreachhang4951]

Yo

[@nescirian]

#12

[@Adora3473]

nice video but those are memes not "autism memes"