Published on 12, July, 2020
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a search function for this forum, so it isn't easy to see if this has been discussed. If it has, I'm sorry, please point me to an appropriate thread, and I'll go there.
I've taken the ASQ test ( https://embraceasd.com/autism-spectrum-quotient-asq/ ) several times over the past decade or so, and score between 22 and 26 - which puts me well below the level at which it is likely for there to be a diagnosis of ASD. Hence my mention of 'imposter syndrome' in the title - I don't think that I am high enough on the scale to belong here.
However, the reason I am writing is that I'm interested in where I can find discussions, and recommendations for people who are sub-clinical. Quite a lot of technical people, scientists, mathematicians and similar, score in this range. Quite a lot of people I interact with at work score in this range.
There doesn't seem to be anywhere for such people to discuss what is not a pathological problem, but is an unusual, possibly atypical, maybe even neuroatypical, response to, and interaction with, the world.
Please could you let me know if there is such a place.
Top right, on the same level as all your account details and notifications. It's not exactly conspicious, as the SEARCH label is slightly transparent; as is also the magnifying glass icon. I did get back some results for 'imposter' eventually, but I got zero results on my first search.
It is a subject which has arisen on this forum a few times in the last 4 years. And quite a few high-profile people have recently come out as saying that it is something that they have experienced.
I am interested in your post, as I sometimes think my 'senior' issues might actually owe a lot to feeling almost constantly like an imposter; even when things have gone fairly well in my life.
It's early days for your post right now. You should get a lot more replies in a few hours time.