Hello!

Hiya, im a teenage girl, and have been struggling for years. Ever since I was a child I struggled. The teacher even told my parents to get me tested if I was deaf because I didnt listen. Anyways. Recently for the last year I have been thinking alot and doing lots of research about autism. 

Some of my ways is avoiding contact and when I do make eyecontact I feel like the other person is staring into my soul and I panic and look away. I also am sensitive to sounds and touch. Ever since I was young I'd go to places gatherings with my parents and I'd ask them if I could leave because id panic and over stimulate. I still am the same. Certain feelings make me feel uncomfortable and worried. I get obsessive about certain interests to the point I bore people. I'm extremely awkward and shy around people except close friends. I also like to work alone I am a mute in a group and loose focus easily. I also have a routine. I suppose ocd type behaviours. I'm just super unsure. I have more reasons to believe I might be on the spectrum but I want to maybe get diagnosed but I don't know.

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  • Hi Sarah, Thanks for your response.  Please dont think me rude for my belated response.  Unlike many who attend this great NAS community and who depend on it on a daily basis, I occasionaly have a look-in within my limitation.  I am not tied to my PC. I'm not a technophobic, but try to lead a balance between tech and my other interests, and more simply put --- my mind is only capable of absorbing what my bum will endure in the sitting position. ;-)

    In answer to your worry I quote a snippet from Desiderata.  "Do not distress yourself with imaginings"