Much like most, I spent years not thinking about autist as a possibility due to the sterotypical mute kids with the foreheads being the only 'autists' around but as each attempt to work out why *situation* happened failed over the years I eventually fell onto the ASD trail and like any good treasure hunt I found myself feeling like I was onto something, took an AQ test I found on the internet which returned a high score then pressed forward with my GP who put me in front of a psychiatrist and after a fairly long session she confirmed my suspicions and said she actually had me pinned as autist after about 5 minutes.
From here it was like I had been given the brochure to my own life, suddenly I knew why I suffered the frustrations I did, why people always said I was 'creepy' or 'weird' why I struggled in any situation outside of physical self-defense that required an intense interaction with a normal (oddly I found self defense and martial arts really easy given its all rules and techniques mixed with imaginative flair.
