Hi me again lol, is it also normal to start noticing urself doing “autistic” things that u haven’t noticed before ie if there’s something near me to fiddle with I’ll fiddle with it ie tv control, a bottle top or my headphones. Also that said fiddling is increased more when anxious which I find strange as I didn’t seem to be as severe before I got diagnosed.
Hi me again lol, is it also normal to start noticing urself doing “autistic” things that u haven’t noticed before ie if there’s something near me to fiddle with I’ll fiddle with it ie tv control, a bottle top or my headphones. Also that said fiddling is increased more when anxious which I find strange as I didn’t seem to be as severe before I got diagnosed.
I noticed the autistic side of me more once self-diagnosed, but could look back and see that , say the fidgiting, was something I'd always done. Once I had the formal diagnosis, I felt more relaxed about it all.
Since I was diagnosed I have noticed all sorts of "autistic" things I do that I never realised I did. I think subconsciously I am now allowing myself to do those things whereas before I was clearly suppressing them.
But on the surface it seems like I am way more autistic than i ever was before.
Don’t get me wrong I’ve always fiddled but seem to be doing it more since diagnosed kinda like I subconsciously think it’s something I should be doing, what’s that all about
