Signs that you could be autistic?

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63 common autistic traits you never realised were signs of autism. Do you ever wonder if you might be autistic? What is autism anyway? It can be hard to define, but if you know enough autistic people there are some obvious patterns. How many of the common 63 autistic traits apply to you? Maybe you've had someone say to you, "How can someone so clever be so stupid?" or you feel like you're either too much or not enough in certain areas. From scripting conversations to advanced or delayed childhood development, in this video, we'll explore what it means to be autistic and what it can look like in different individuals.
Any one of these traits by themselves is quite common, but patterns tend to emerge when autistic people come together. That’s why autistic social activities can be a great way to connect and learn from each other. Here are the links to some autistic social groups you might be interested in:
Want to join our autistic community? Join our Social Meetup Facebook Group here:
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Or this online community for Late Diagnosed adults - www.autastic.com/community/
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[@Stankbot-gy5dm]

Bro just described every person ever

[@ShayVidz]

😂

[@brandswortheastman]

Could just be you, You might want to further research if you related. (Coming from a diagnosed autistic adult)

[@seyonmahendran7182]

I mean normally everybody has some degree of autism, even Elon Musk has it in a greater degree.

[@rocb1319]

Thank God cause I’m like yeah I do all this 😂

[@iconsumecoal]

@@seyonmahendran7182that’s one of the worst things u could say about autism. “Everybody has this disorder to some degree” nope. Also using autism as an insult is disgusting of u

[@linden5165]

"How can someone so clever be so stupid." Part of my unmasking is admitting I don't know things and asking for explanation and guidance. Often people are a bit surprised but then they tell me, and then I, an adult, get to learn foundational things for the first time. I have multiple degrees and I just learned last year I was brushing my teeth with 30x the amount of necessary pressure.

[@lauralane586]

My partner finds the way I brush my teeth hilarious, its one of hus favorite quirks about me lol... I guess I brush really intense haha... This comment makes me realize, I am not the only vigorous brusher 😆

[@ArtsyMegz_On_Etsy]

I know, right? Even though a person is actually smart, people will suddenly perceive them as not being very smart when they maybe take longer to do things, just from being more clumsy than the average person, or maybe just from OCD. And then all of a sudden, the degrees thar I obtained in college don't even matter to them anymore. Yes, I may not understand a lot of social interactions, but please don't let that entirely cancel out the credentials that I very successfully completed for myself. It's like, "Yes, you may know how to read social cues and I don't, but I ALSO know about a lot of things that you don't, so neither of us is actually better than the other." But the majority of people will probably continue to judge in this manner.

[@jeanetteg83]

A good tip is to chose a kids toothbrush(6+) that is soft and has a tip that gets into harder places. According to several dentists medium and hard should be illegal.

[@ArtsyMegz_On_Etsy]

@Laura Lane Yeah, I seem to do at least half of things in an awkward way or another. A person can start by observing my natural gait when I walk, as I cringe at the thought of my heals striking the ground before the front pads of my feet (I have people tell me that I remind them of a ballerina when I walk ☺️).

[@mollykins8h]

Pretty much when my friends told me there is a difference between school smart and street smart... I was so offended I quit school and started my life on the streets to catch up lmao

[@garethscott418]

With the joint power of my ADHD and autism, I shall not only never reply to you, but will think about it constantly for the rest of my life.

[@lyricsdomatter]

the trick is to have a bunch of neurodivergent friends who don't think anything of there being months between messages

[@judylandry302]

I hate phone calls. I can't tell when I'm supposed to speak and I talk over and finish other people's sentences and I don't like chit-chat. I have zero phone contacts.

[@margotstolemycargo]

FOR REAL but my friends are used to me having this issue so i feel more comfortable talking on the phone with them

[@raabbibi]

I hated phone calls until work forced me to get used to them. Those were the most nerve-wracking days of my life 😅 I got better, I'm still not the best but I no longer have a mental breakdown when I have to do it

[@cryptic2071]

You don't message people?

[@MsSimpleMovies]

I'm like that 100%, and I don't have autism. I have pretty high anxiety. The kicker: My job is mostly on the phone. 😅

[@c.l.9344]

Many introvert's have this issue.

[@NameIsAce]

"How can someone so clever be so stupid." People get intimidated, until they realize that I'm a ditz.

[@joycebrewer4150]

😁😁😁💯 me too.

[@thirtywine]

And they said I'm already old enough not to do stupid things

[@looki.1life]

Thats me, both irl and online somehow

[@jm8143]

Oh yes!! I always think that I was more stupid than normal people even when I had been considered very normal and recognized as a examplary student. Sometimes I felt smarter than them in some ways, but I always felt that at some point... So I thought my understanding was not really good. I admit that and tried to dedicate more in order to compensate my lacks.

[@_hihi_0.0]

my siblings just go “why are you so smart that you’re an idiot” and that stuck with me for a long time 😀

[@indigobunting2431]

Sensory problem ( clothes annoy, sounds irritate, lights overwhelm ).

[@joycebrewer4150]

Bras, possibly with sport bra exception need to be banned!

[@nryane]

Smells. Laundry, dishwashing soaps, aftershave/cologne/perfume/shampoos/lotions - anything near or on my person has to be unscented or I develop raging headaches. Some smells like rosemary, sage, thyme are all acceptable. Pungent, sweet odors are not. Food textures. Cooked tomatoes have always bugged me, but I’m okay with tomato ketchup or sauce. Mushy foods often bug me, yet I love mashed potatoes. These are things that I’ve had all my life (80-plus) and have recently had diagnoses (ASD and ADD). Often wondered about me! Edited: Today, at the therapist’s office, I could hear a low pulsing hum somewhere in the ceiling. Apparently, the offices have a sound-proofing device in the ceiling, so no client’s words can be heard by anyone in another room or the hallways. My therapist doesn’t hear the sound of that device. Most of the time, when the old-fashioned TV’s we had for video information in our classes were in my room or the open class area, I would hear a high-pitched sound that no one else appeared to hear. (I asked.) I’ve used headphones, or special earplugs to allow me to sleep in my building when neighbors are noisy. They don’t work for me. I hear EVERYTHING! Yet, our building is on a street with lots of traffic and somehow my brain doesn’t acknowledge it. Go figure! Regarding light - I have my window blinds down most days, except for cloudy or rainy days. Too bright for me. I prefer soft fibers for furniture or accessories, and clothing. I also have challenges working with yarns that are pure wool. I am allergic to regular wool, yet can wear merino wool, because it’s soft, with none of the “prickliness” of regular wool. With my recent diagnoses, I recognize that I have many autistic symptoms that upset or bothered me earlier in my life (and now), that others told me to “get over it!” Not too many people from my generation were EVER diagnosed, unless their symptoms were severe and obvious. We “high-functioning” people just had to “suck it up and get on with life”! Unfortunately, many of us felt “broken”, because we didn’t seem to fit into “normal” situations. ****The diagnoses (ASD and unspecified ADD) help me to understand that my brain functions differently, that I am “neurodivergent”, not broken.

[@SiriusGrifindor-yd4to]

Exactly!

[@SiriusGrifindor-yd4to]

Sensitive to certain sounds being triggered,response back in huge attack or ignore and have what you have,is all autistic behavior,being attacked easily by others and replying harsh or ignoring- is all autistic behavior. I had these all my life. Anyway depends how brain is wired./

[@user-gf5eu4lh8o]

This is my everything overwhelms me

[@glenndavies1828]

Certain noises, drive me nuts, can bring on anxiety, & the jitters...weird feelings in my body, so odd...I hate it.

[@joycebrewer4150]

That moment when our local violinist switches from an upstroke of his bow to a downstroke while playing a high note. Feels like sandpapering my eardrums! The coarse grit not fine grit sheets. The backup alarm on the facility bus ditto. The storm warning sirens of my town. Just 3 of the worst repeat offenders.

[@eeaotly]

​@@joycebrewer4150And the 🎺!

[@ACE-777.]

You have to starve that feeling

[@joycebrewer4150]

@@ACE-777. How does starving help auditory distress?

[@brandswortheastman]

@@ACE-777.i didn’t knowe you could starve a thing

[@OHG69]

pov that one argument you lost me hours later winning it in my head

[@heavenlywingz5497]

Add when you want to leave a comment you think too much about how what to say and think for a week decide well it's too late. I don't mind being alone. Thank you, I relate to most all.

[@minkeekat]

I’ve been accused of being rude for saying that I like my own company, but I do! ❤

[@heavenlywingz5497]

@@minkeekat 👍

[@hellogoodbye4402]

If it helps here's a conspiracy theory to boost your confidence. Theory: most of the comments are bots programmed for a variety of purposes, from political views to just pure hatred. After all, Twitter would loose money if it was only sunshine and rainbows. A typical "debate" gets 100s of comments, much more than wholesome stuff. The more comments, the more views, the more ads would trust Twitter.

[@lordshadowsage]

​@@minkeekatdon't let anyone make you feel like enjoying being alone is bad or selfish

[@mikey121981]

Symptoms overlap very often between different illnesses. And sometimes completely healthy people have some or many of the symptoms associated with certain conditions.

[@tiegrsidesignsandstudio4794]

Also not realising you need to use the restroom...or puting off using it because you are doing something "important", and then forgetting you needed to go until it's almost too late. That's a thing, right? It's not -just- me?

[@elizabethf8078]

Oooh it's unfortunately not *almost*.

[@AJansenNL]

🙋‍♀️

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Definitely not just you!

[@NoewerrATall]

Nope, not just you!

[@omninerd4276]

Yeah not just you.

[@iWantAMcChicken3]

Second last one was too accurate. Like man it’s like “mum can I watch tv” “no” *I should have said I’ll play piano if you let me*. I’ll prolly regret commenting this later too lol😂

[@Average-honkai-player]

Once I was so focused on painting that I locked myself in my room the entire weekend painting. Didn’t sleep didn’t eat, didn’t drink water, just awake for 40 hours working. My mom was concerned and let me stay home on Monday but I honestly don’t get how everyone in my family didn’t realize it sooner. They only connected the dots when my brother in law saw how I took a minute to process questions (like “want to come to the store?”, “can you feed the dogs?”, etc) and suddenly everyone recognized it.

[@lightawake]

Yes! I can't answer questions that require a decision straight away. I've come to learn that i need to sleep on it at least one night to really be clear. Otherwise I get way too influenced or pressured by other peoples' energies in the moment.

[@ShipperTrash]

"What do you want to eat tonight?" "I can't just answer that, I don't know, I haven't thought about it, how can I just know, don't force me to make a decision" *fricking runs away* (Legitimate dialogue from yesterday lol)

[@mts.camilo]

Thank you for summarizing my life experience! Having received a diagnosis a month or so ago makes this video have so much more sense, and gives me a whole new depth and perspective on things and even on myself after almost three decades.

[@stxrryxnxght5927]

Do you get the not recognising hunger and thirst? I’m autistic and I don’t know when I need a drink or when I’m full

[@mts.camilo]

@@stxrryxnxght5927 it does happen more often than not. Regarding the satiety feeling, my therapist advised me to eat slower. It seems to be helping a little. But unless I have a dry mouth, I can go for a while without water, too.

[@lauralane586]

They all hit home, but the not realizing hunger, thinking about text messages until I finally reply, always finishing even when I should stop, and the scripting and ruminating on conversations... Hit a little deeper lol

[@lbelle8850]

I love my autistic traits! For so long I wondered why I was so different but since my diagnoses almost 2 years ago everything about me makes sense and I understand myself soo much better 😊

[@SuperKvlogs]

Okay but how much did it cost you to get diagnosed? I’m almost afraid to get tested because whether I have it or not I think they’ll still diagnose me with it. You know how doctors are. I didn’t have any of the symptoms as a baby but I did notice my differences pretty much all throughout school and now as an adult. But if I actually do have it; that will help me to have this explanation of many reasons that I’m rather ‘peculiar’ to others. I do hold back a lot now as a security blanket because I was bullied for being myself.

[@kathyrehm4057]

I've self described as "I'm the stupidest smart person or the smartest stupid person you've ever met." :/

[@BloxerPlatinum]

i was diagnosed as the stupidest person you've ever met

[@jaydennado9018]

imagine having autism 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@chuuyanakahara2944]

Relatable 😂👌

[@heavenishere416]

I get it 💗

[@FSauer]

same

[@SimonLausch]

Aren't those just traits of someone socially awkward? I have all of those.

[@swissarmyknight4306]

You may want to talk to a qualified professional or at least consider the idea of being on the spectrum, if only to rule it out.

[@thekillingjoke8982]

If those things don't just occur once a week, but in a such severe manner, that they effectively stop you from functioning in some fields, they are considered a symptom. There is also a huge overlap with other neurodevelopmental divergencies, that only a specialist should tell somebody else if they could be autistic or not.

[@jak11111]

The autism symptoms start in early childhood.

[@s.b200]

Have you always had sleep problems? That's a huge symotom that is basically always present if you have autism. Paul could have included it in this short-vid:)

[@SimonLausch]

@@s.b200 Yes, but I always assumed that was because I don't exhaust myself daily.

[@ABrokeSpaceFlamingo]

“How can someone so clever be so stupid” My life in a nutshell 😭

[@C00kieM4N_Is_Everywhere]

that is exactly what i’m like with my autism, i just sometimes find it so hard and wishing i never had it because it’s so tough to go through life knowing i’m different, but then i realise everyone is different and most people with autism have very successful lives and live on happy, i hope i’ll find happiness one day

[@applesidertea]

At work, I keep the office lights off. Loud noises feel extremely intrusive. I don’t like changes to my routines, and I become upset when people disrupt my flow. I have a terminal degree, I’m highly intelligent, and I’m also very kind and a good conversationalist. Most people generally find me to be insightful, patient, compassionate, and a very pleasant person to be around. However, I comfortably spend most of my time alone and I don’t have many friends. I’ve been jokingly telling people I’m on the low end of the spectrum for years. After watching this video, I’m pretty sure I have very mild, high -functioning autism.

[@cybercannon-di1is]

Same me too

[@SiriusGrifindor-yd4to]

Same

[@thatswhatisaid8908]

I was stunned when my psychologist said I was on the spectrum, but the more I learn about it, the more sure I am that she was correct.

[@stevenkeys5826]

Hi there, I'm an average working man, a plasterer that works in englad and so to speak mid 40s and work with a man that sounds EXACTLY like you he's interested in marvel, can recite family guy, Rick and morty, star wars, 0 punctuation, and is also very intelligent but not so when it comes to putting up a shelf he struggles with directives is that something you sympathise with ? Ps just looking out for my friend

[@samgeller1967]

I’m constantly repeating to myself something I said to someone else, only when I’m on my own though

[@missl740]

Also not knowing when you need to pee until the last minute, and if you have ADHD too, it is a real battle between the struggling to finish something because of the ADHD and the anxiety about not finishing it from the ASD. And the ASD in you needs organisation around you, but the ADHD stops you from effectively being able to organise yourself. 🤯

[@Ashleepaige85]

Ty. U just described me too. I guess I must look up more on asd. This is so me as well. Lol

[@Wajiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Yup!

[@thatswhatisaid8908]

Ah, maybe that's my problem. In my mind, I want things micro organised, neatly, specifically and perfect. In reality, I cannot be arsed to actually put things away if they are that specifically organised. Too hard!

[@lyricsdomatter]

ADHD meds also make you drink more water so theres that too

[@AndrewMartinez-k4o]

Ditto!

[@Stray0]

100% I have these traits. Especially scripting conversations in advance. I'm so scared of social conversations that I spend hours thinking about possible replies to any possible questions they may have.

[@aster_11]

You might have social anxiety. Autism isn't only just the social aspect, it has to show in many other parts of life

[@matthewatwood8641]

Congratulations, you're just like everybody else.

[@srxxh_.]

ayo fr? thats us

[@porcelain_kiss]

​@@aster_11Watch out the introverted socially anxious people are gonna call you ableist! watch out when they tell you you're forcing them to mask! >_< /sarcasm

[@averykitsch]

Alternatively... being so sensitive to outside stimuli that you need specific material comforts to just exist

[@BlackFreakButler]

I didn't drink for the entire day yesterday and was wondering why i felt dizzy 😅

[@marastar208]

When I work I forget to eat or drink. I rarely respond to texts, I usually prefer being alone and push myself into going and going even when I sometimes have a flag that says stop. I have a tendency to misplace things, I write a lot down because I'm afraid to forget things --and it helps me to organize the information until I can repeat it. I've never thought of any of this falling into the spectrum.

[@taylorklingjesuschristking]

Not realizing when you are hungry or thirty got me

[@baxtinator2153]

I have asd I don’t think the being fine alone thing is incorrect, some of us get lonely are suffer depression from lack of socializing or intimacy.😢

[@joycebrewer4150]

The Covid-19 shutdown was a blessed relief, for about the first month. Then I found my mood spiralling down, for lack of more than 25 seconds daily seeing another human face. And that being split between three meal deliveries at my apartment door, which I had to back away from the door or they wouldn't set the food on table next to door. Felt like a prison.

[@baxtinator2153]

@@joycebrewer4150 i feel ya man RESPECT ✊

[@user-us2ic2ku3z]

Relatable

[@elizabethf8078]

Staying up way too late..resisting sleep.

[@joycebrewer4150]

Definitely, is 4:30 am as I type this, have not been to bed yet tonight. Common for me to be up until 1:30 am, tonight just worse.

[@renegadesofanarchy289]

It’s totally not 5:17 am as I’m typing this having literally only slept from 11:30 roughly to 2:45 (and that’s being generous)

[@turtleanton6539]

Oh absolut ely

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@renegadesofanarchy289yes yes 😊😊

[@AnOrdinaryDude13]

It’s totally not 5:30am for me!!!!

[@zoem9703]

I’m fine with not too many “material comforts” but… I want ALL the things branded with my “special interest” 😅🤣

[@turtleanton6539]

HAHA pretty much.

[@savageantelope3306]

especially the thinking about what you said for hours

[@hi_its_jerry]

i thought scripting conversations was just a really weird thing i did cause ive never met or seen anyone else do it, so its really interesting to learn that other people experience the need to do this as well

[@aster_11]

You could just have social anxiety. People forget that autism isn't just in the social aspects of life, that's one small section of the diagnosis

[@horacethecheese1009]

For me it's like sections of my brain switch off when I'm face to face with someone. I'm not necessarily panicking or scared, I just can't recall things or think properly. So I end up just repeating conversations I've already had before with myself, when my whole mind was accessible and working.

[@porcelain_kiss]

​@@horacethecheese1009this!!

[@porcelain_kiss]

​@@aster_11this!!

[@fabioforte3474]

This makes so much sense now, I found out yesterday that I could be autistic and I've been wandering a lot why I find texting exhausting and would rather call or be in person. I meet all 7 traits listed.

[@mercuryXe80]

Texting is exhausting cause I’m thinking too long about my response

[@JJ-dr7im]

Hmm. Most asd criteria think taking on the phone or meeting in person is the worst

[@lyrablack8621]

_HA,_ i never finish anything!

[@crweirdo8961]

Congratulations you finished watching this short, and you finished writing a comment.

[@lyrablack8621]

@@crweirdo8961 FU-

[@crweirdo8961]

@@lyrablack8621 I know it was only a few hours ago that I left my "congratulations" comment, but I already can't remember if I meant it encouragingly or sarcastically( I really should know better than to attempt to be sarcastic outside of face to face communication, especially without stating that it is a joke), but either way I don't understand how it can come across as being hurtful. Did it seem like I was gaslighting you? Can you help me to understand?

[@lyrablack8621]

@@crweirdo8961 It didn't come across as hurtful at all!! I assumed you meant it jokingly, so i responded in kind (and looking back, i suppose just saying "FU-" without the context that i was leaving the rest of the word ["CK"] off in anticipation of the possibility that you could respond, "See, you finished another comment!"). I didn't anticipate you seeing it as F U, or "fuck you", which isn't what i meant at all, i assumed (wrongfully) that the "-" would denote the fact that i left it unfinished. Thank you very much for responding and asking for clarification! Communication is a two-way street after all, and neither of us were using our blinkers 'cause we were expecting the other person to be able to read our minds given our actions/words; which obviously leads to preventable misunderstandings. So, for the future of both of our Internet communications' needs, i'd like to introduce some lovely text-based-communication tools: tone indicators/tone tags! There are a lot of them, so i recommend looking it up on your own, but they look like this: _HA,_ i never finish anything! /j Congratulations you finished watching this short, and you finished writing a comment. /j (or maybe /s) FU- /j /lh … confused? Here's a key: /j = joking! (Could also be /jk for just kidding) /s = sarcastic/sarcasm /lh = lighthearted/playful (i don't know if there's a /p? But you can make up your own as long as you provide a key, ofc you can have fun, just make sure the priority of communication is met!) All of this would fall under /info or information! Emojis can also be used similarly but may be more inconvenient on desktop as opposed to mobile ☺️; and i prefer emoticons anyway for some things! :P Btw, tell me you're autistic without telling me you're autistic!! /lh /j Edit: wanted to add this real quick. Punctuation often also comes across as being more negatively over text, so it's something to be aware of; my current partner is autistic and he always puts periods and such, and one time when my BPD/borderline personality disorder was acting up, i interpreted it as being very aggressive and got defensive. Nothing wrong with using punctuation, but it's something of which to be aware! I wish more people would talk about the sort of "meta" of social skills etc, it would lead to way less miscommunications; but neurotypicals just assume everyone already understands their unwritten rules, and unfortunately i have a tendency to do the same. So i apologize also, because i also played a role in the miscommunication, and unfortunately my actions seem to have hurt you by accident Edit 2: grammar. I know i know, i used to be a grammar nazi and old habits die hard… 'specially when you keep reinforcing them like i do haha. Since i'm sure you're curious, i corrected a postposition to a preposition; "to be aware of" to "of which to be aware". Both are actually grammatically correct (language use should be descriptive rather than prescriptive imo), and on top of that, i'm sure you and whoever else reading understood either way; so it doesn't matter, except to me :p

[@crweirdo8961]

@@lyrablack8621 Thank you so much for this clarification😍 and for making it extra long and over communicating to avoid any further miscommunication(I may not be nearly as much of a grammar nazi🧐 but the exhaustively long over communicating reply is very validating🙏 and makes me feel like maybe I really have found my tribe👽[I only just started suspecting that I'm autistic about 2 weeks ago]). I've seen "jk" used before(thought it was short for "joke" not "just kidding"), but never preceded by "/". I will definitely look into using those tags instead of abandoning the use of sarcasm online like I know I should. 🤦‍♂️🙊🤞🖖

[@cheetagames1357]

The conversation one is the most relatable for me

[@T_BOOMxx]

I got diagnosed with autism today and my mom made my life hard because she didn’t really know anything about autism, so I have been living with autism 14 years almost 15. But my dad has ADHD and he’s brother had autism and he could see it on me that I have autism and he was right. I’m really happy now because now I can finally get help and my life will be a lot easier 🙃🥳

[@porcelain_kiss]

Congrats

[@timpeters7852]

I was diagnosed recently but I don't tick all the boxes at all times. We're not stereotypes but all have our individual quirks I guess

[@logicalameetsworld]

I was 32 before I was diagnosed. It took years to figure out how to adjust life around my traits. It's not full proof but I'm less critical about myself now.

[@onlypostthebest6104]

Lol

[@matthewatwood8641]

You're not autistic; no more than everyone else anyway.

[@imjustvi6279]

"Not realizing you're hungry or thirsty," story of my life, man, story of my life. I need to gain weight and forgetting to eat isn't helping.

[@kaywoodz2222]

The last one didn’t have to hit me so hard

[@chang3227]

Research has shown psilocybin to have potential to treat a range of psychiatric and behavioral disorders.

[@coryflores4964]

started microdosing mushrooms in place of my prescriptions and the difference is night and day in my mental health and my anger i feel like ive become a better person best decision ive ever made wish it was more accessible to those that need

[@uncle-nice6556]

Psilocybin mushrooms saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety and illicit pill addiction. Imagine carrying heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone, Believe it or not in a couple years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues,

[@uncle-nice6556]

dr.garyshrooms

[@morgancr1993]

The strains from dr.garyshrooms gave me an exhilarating and mind-blowing trip.

[@uncle-nice6556]

He's on insta

[@omninerd4276]

I have done the paint thing so many times. Sometime with paint. Usually when I'm cooking. I wear whatever I'm working on so often. And yeah I hate not finishing something. It drives me crazy. There are so many times I've pushed myself way past my limits because I started something that now I have to finish it. And yeah everything else too. Those were just my biggest ones.

[@kfcbetterthanmcdonalds12]

Bro summed up my entire life experience. Especially the 1st one, and the 6th one!

[@makebake4094]

Man that text one and the "always finishing something when I should stop" hit home real good 😔 😟... but yeah all those are right

[@oaschbeidl]

I should really get diagnosed...

[@satyrkrieg]

So you're telling me that all these stuff does not happen to normal people?

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Not all the time and to an extent that makes life difficult. BTW, it's called neurotypical nowadays, normal is such a loaded word.

[@satyrkrieg]

@@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 that's a good insight.

[@roseXevans]

That last one was personal ahaha

[@ekadria-bo4962]

All of them are me 🤭

[@jeremiahhazelton4496]

Not really "austistic traits" but side effects of the kind of social anxiety that is common in autism. These same things are true for many neurodivergent minds.

[@IridiumTurtle]

Yes, this comment should be higher. Autism can manifest in many ways but a lot of traits that people see as "dumb" are the result of anxiety.

[@raabbibi]

I realized at 22 that what I thought as hunger was actually being famished. That niggling feeling that I want to eat wasn't me having cravings, it was my brain telling me I need food 🤦‍♀️

[@spacegames_13]

@@bolinhong2598 🎵Autism is not a ✨deadly disease✨ that you need to cure🎵

[@ThisIsCandyz]

The last one really describes me. I am in a class and I know EXACLY what I’m doing.While the others usually are still trying to figure out the equations. But when I am given a simple direction,let’s say…give this paper to him!I over think..what do they mean by him?

[@fuzzypickle9537]

That last one is me to a T. I am an incredibly intelligent person but sometimes I'm a complete dumbass

[@aster_11]

Do not use this to diagnose yourself. The criteria is to have almost everything (which is much more in depth, the normal diagnosis requires 6+ hrs) and it must interfere with your day-to-day functioning! Be careful bc saying these sorts of things is very invalidating to people who really struggle with this

[@evandkhgold741]

WTF i'm autistic as shit.

[@Drpapperstrange1]

It's okay dude just end blood line 🤫

[@aster_11]

Do not use this to diagnose yourself. The criteria is to have almost everything (which is much more in depth, the normal diagnosis requires 6+ hrs) and it must interfere with your day-to-day functioning! Be careful bc saying these sorts of things is very invalidating to people who really struggle with this!

[@evandkhgold741]

​@@aster_11nah, im still autistic as shit.

[@Doritoschiplivingthebestlife]

Tbh I also do script conversations and thinking about what I should've/could've said after the conversation but I think/feel like it's just because of my undiagnosed social anxiety lol

[@Ava_is_me]

911, what’s your emergency? There’s someone stalking me…..

[@Burgercountry]

bro i have all of them

[@TheRealGalaxysMelody]

how do you know these are traits of autism and not anxiety disorders like OCD?

[@hycix705]

Thanks for the call-out lol I am not officially diagnosed, but I have been relating to more and more of these and it's starting to make me question myself a bit

[@Panzerfaust_1939]

"I'll never finish anything i started!" -me to my pile of assignments and performance tasks

[@gediminasmurauskas7817]

We've never met before. But you already know me so very well!

[@D-S-9]

That’s not fair… surely that’s everyone… right?

[@davidhelling9296]

I thought so but looking back.... Kindness sometimes is the hard truth ..I lived this..

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Not everyone, not even close. I just did not realize it before age 40 because I grew up among 16 first cousins plus all the older relatives who almost all have at least some neurodivergent traits.

[@D-S-9]

@@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 sorry for the late reply, KZbin notifications and all that. But really? And if you don't mind me asking such a personal question on an incredibly public forum - is it worth a diagnosis after 40?

[@barghest94]

Well, people can certainly have these traits personally without being neurodivergent... but they are pretty recognizable to people who have Autism, if you relate to all of them there is a possibility that you are Autistic... which doesn't have to be that big of a deal. AND YES, OH GOD IS A DIAGNOSIS WORTH IT. That is the first step in both discovering and accepting who you truly are, some people go through their whole lives masking... and it just breaks them apart inside without them even realising, it's hard to figure out how to adjust to everything that Autism makes so difficult when you don't even know what it is that makes you the way you are.

[@LilChuunosuke]

Just to be clear bc people say that everyone does this: People with autism experience this to life-altering extents. - Autistic people can accidentally make themselves dehydrated, malnourished, sick, etc because they aren't able to recognize they need it. Many autistics set scheduled times for when they need to eat because they will starve themselves by accident otherwise. This would be an issue that occurs multiple times per day, not just occasionally. - part of the reason autistic people are stereotyped to have no friends is because they forget/put off responding to people so frequently that it does significant long term damage to relationships. - when he says feeling comfortable being alone, he means that autistic people struggle to fully relax and feel calm around others because they feel the need to perform a false version of themselves to be accepted and that isolation is the only truly safe place. - "always finishing what you start even if you should probably stop" is not just going above and beyond, but literally pushing yourself to the point of self-injury because you will have an anxiety attack if you stop. - autistics have to script EVERY conversation. Not just difficult ones. Even casual everyday small talk is something autistics cannot just improvise on the spot without non-autistic people reacting with confusion and discomfort. . Please stop saying "everyone does these things." Autistic people are human. Of course we share behaviors in common with non disabled people. But we experience these things at disabling levels.

[@porcelain_kiss]

!!!

[@irononionring]

My son is autistic he get frustrated with loud noises and sways back and forth when he finds things overwhelming i know his tiks when hes about to get stressed and he said hes happy with me being with him hes the best thing to happen to me and i tell him everyday

[@aster_11]

He's so lucky to be your child, and I appreciate that you try to understand him

[@sarahroberts7374]

I wonder if obsessively reading KZbin comments could be considered a trait? I probably spend more time reading and writing KZbin comments than I actually do texting my friends and family😂

[@Bunnie_0]

Yea same😅

[@jamari777]

Same 💀

[@aster_11]

Do not use this to diagnose yourself. The criteria is to have almost everything (which is much more in depth, the normal diagnosis requires 6+ hrs) and it must interfere with your day-to-day functioning! Be careful bc saying these sorts of things is very invalidating to people who really struggle with this!

[@Elodie_N_INTJ_Analyzes]

Existential question : where is the limit between the INTJ personality type (and so his 8 cognitives functions stack) and Autism ? All the traits correspond totally to me.

[@elizabethf8078]

Many autistics *are* INTJ

[@HrKCA]

The difference is that the personality types of the Briggs-Myers test is made up mumbo jumbo, while autism is an actual diagnosis.

[@Elodie_N_INTJ_Analyzes]

@@elizabethf8078 I believe too, it correspond very well to our functioning (our 8 cognitives functions) After, we are still all unique, but certains of us have more issues than other.

[@Elodie_N_INTJ_Analyzes]

@@HrKCA The tests are just guides to help us with our self discovery, it's just the first step. That's why we share knowledge about the 8 cognitives functions stack of the 16 personalities which explain everything of our functioning and way of process informations. It's better to learn the functions.

[@NorskaFjordskaOfficial]

As a person with autism, I’m happy that you were accurate here

[@your_l0cal-OdetariFan5678]

Me after my mom and my big sister told me I had Autism✨✨

[@lancerthewoomboi]

Just a thing rn. Don’t use this to self diagnose. It’s hella fucking weird and puts off people such as myself and many others who have autism.

[@aster_11]

This self-diagnosing and misinformation is so invalidating fr. I see people saying ":( I want to be autistic" ok sureee sure you do...

[@PinkPoo]

If you need a yt video to tell you that youre autistic then you're not autistic

[@aster_11]

YOU JUST SAID THIS PERFECTLY!

[@mina__minatozaki__]

“you’re autistic” -han jisung, diagnosing all of us😍

[@Caprabone]

One of my mom's favourite insults to me as a child was "How could you be so stupid?!" I had always assumed that she was just intolerant of mistakes, but now knowing that i am autistic adds another dimension of understanding.

[@user-ud8ry8vj8f]

bro described every social award traits

[@NoahLoftier]

"Always finishing what you start, even when you should probably stop." This one I kind of struggle with as an autistic. I procrastinate a lot, I'm disorganized, and my planning often fails. But eventually, you're right, I always have to finish what I consider important, meaningful, or am interested in, even when life screams for me to keep on moving. "How can someone so clever be so stupid?" Yeah, true. But I'm only clever on what I care about. Anything else that is intuitive for others, I have to learn it from the ground up.

[@JJ-dr7im]

Auhd

[@cheegum6296]

Things people catch you miss. And things people miss you catch.

[@evoevannismo8141]

As an individual like myself who is on the autism spectrum, I have some of these traits plus anxiety and sometimes depression. It is sometimes hard but that's alright I learned to deal with it as a young adult.

[@a.m.a9332]

Obviously I know I have autism as I was diagnosed as baby but literally I thought it was just me who acted like that as when I went to a special needs school everyone was sooo clingy apart from myself. I always loved my own space and used to not reply back even after looking at a message like I’m not intentionally ignoring people but I don’t know how to respond sometimes and she gets rude when I do that. I’ve never thought anything of it. My sister is ten years older than me and she acts like she knows everything. I enjoy my own space that when I was in school people thought I didn’t like them and some tried to pick on me due to that alone like when I first started school they rang my mum and told them I didn’t say nothing the whole day and the same thing happened when I started secondary school. All I’m gonna say is if you have a quiet autism child and there starting secondary school try to ease them in as much as possible because my heart sank to the floor when I first started, I was stiff as a rock and on the inside I crying cause I just wanted to be with my mum. I like having autism but I hate it at the same time as I’m multi talented and smart but sometimes I’ll be talking to people and they’ll be getting rude over the fact that I don’t know what a certain word means. It’s happened quite a few times.

[@dylanjustdylan9179]

I thought I was weird because I barely know when I’m actually hungry or thirsty, I sometimes go days without drinking because I forget or just don’t ever think if I’m actually thirsty. I’ve been wondering if I’m autistic but I also overthink a lot of things so I get so confused to if I’m making up these symptoms or not

[@aster_11]

The criteria is to have almost everything (which is much more in depth, the normal diagnosis requires 6+ hrs) and it must interfere with your day-to-day functioning! There are other things to explain this, autism is like a pi chart and you need everything on that pi chart in ranges but you have to have everything to get a diagnosis.

[@techro4tyroyal]

I don't know when I'm hungry nor thirsty, not replying to a chat cause of laziness,then realizing wether I should reply or not, I want to be alone,I don't want to have many things,yup that's me😢😅

[@Mini-monke-reacts]

i got diagnosed with autism when i was 9 and these are so accruate

[@stacinaturenuts9060]

Watching for 2 yrs now (since my "aha" moment). You've given me the courage to seek a late in life diagnosis (46) & to stop feeling broken. TY! ❤

[@cefcat5733]

Evolving, from all that in youth, I joined the work-world where you must behave differently. I bought things of aesthetic beauty, to be happier, but then I began returning to my autistic roots, during retirement. Possessions have less meaning. So, that's my truth of a lifetime. ❤

[@Yeggman]

Having all these characteristics, once a long time ago in connection with a company party (which I felt obliged to attend) I planned my presence down to the smallest detail. arrive and the barrage of lights and sounds that greeted me became too much to handle. Stayed there long enough for me to leave, and that relief there and then outside the restaurant was like balm for the un calm mind.

[@badboygoodgirl]

you just came for my SOUL 😂😂😂😂

[@Noemie291]

Hahaha I felt so exposed.

[@apenasumfadesonic]

The two last are TOTALLY ME! KZbin is reading our minds, everyone...

[@Crow-likes-coffee]

Everything but the finishing what you started I can never finish anything

[@tiffany7023]

I've had to tell so many people that they're mildly Autistic that I should have a honorary medal.

[@FrenchBedBugs]

Everybody rn: “do I have autism?”

[@WrenTanton]

I was diagnosed with autism 5 years ago and all of these relate to me. Especially the last one

[@icecold__]

I was going to watch some other videos of yours that were pretty long, but this just saved me the time 😂

[@Hana_flower44]

As an autistic person, I can relate to this video (I have high functioning autism)

[@AltruisticWarrior]

Lol the texting bit... oh yah. I was diagnosed back in 1989. I tell folks to call me, I'd rather talk on the phone. It's far more efficient than meaningless banter back and forth being constantly interrupted instead of still being able to complete tasks while on the phone. No wonder people are so stressed out these days feeling like they can never get enough done. These phones waste an incredible amount of time especially when you add heaps of apps and social media on top of the texting. The average person could easily capture at least another 10+ hrs a week if they put the phone down more. I'd rather accomplish more meaningful things with my time. I'm also thankful to have a job that allows me to work when I want, as long as I want and more importantly... no customers or coworkers. I work in near total isolation for a month at a time before going home.

[@WarHelmetCombine]

As an autistic person, I now think I am not autistic.

[@nezarl8374]

People think I'm smart but I'm really really stupid and it's crushing me on the inside And Btw some times in a group setting I either miss the point or the joke or hear the words said and think it's about another topic, these things are so damn frustrating

[@deanomood]

6th one is so me holy crap

[@Charityandpublicwelfare]

If a rich family with autism lives a little better, if a poor family has more than one child with autism, it is a bitter pill to swallow

[@DespicabIe]

Parents: you are not autistic *After seeing this video that is relatable to me* Me:

[@aster_11]

Do not use this to diagnose yourself. The criteria is to have almost everything (which is much more in depth, the normal diagnosis requires 6+ hrs) and it must interfere with your day-to-day functioning! Be careful bc saying these sorts of things is very invalidating to people who really struggle with this

[@aebez]

a lot of these are tied in with social anxiety too

[@onlypostthebest6104]

Because people are trash.. most animals avoid people because of this..

[@wangelva5488]

except "always finish " one, the other 6 fit me 100%

[@0reo.-MissCircle-7]

Bro explained my entire existence

[@syahgisi4226]

Yo i do the hunger thing like every day, its like "am I hungry? I mean Ik I ate like 6 or 7 hours ago but my stomach ain't growling so I'm sure I'm fine." :p