Published on 12, July, 2020
Most of my life i have never been able to recognise when someone likes me, be it male or female, frienship or romanticly. As i have got older i do recognise this better. Also, i never gave marriage a thought. I just didnt think it applied to me. It was never something i considered.
I also didnt know that i was good at anything. I have always given 150%. This of course has been exhausting. If i couldnt do it well, then i wouldnt want to do it.
Only in recent years have i recognised these traits. Nothing has changed, except i understand myself better.
Are these typical traits for autistic people? X
Yes, they are typical, all of them, you're not alone Tulip. And lots of auts are perfectionists.
And anyway, you sound like a lovely person to me
Hehe thank you
It certainly does explain why i have felt 'different'. Not in a bad way though. Its just been hard not knowing why.
Why do you think we are petfectionists? Possibly OCD?
I wonder whether it starts with school? You spend a long time there and are constantly asked to get things right and it sticks more than it should? I wonder if we all grew up in the wilderness with no pressure if we'd have the same compulsion...
I think it was more childhood stuff at home with me. I did well academically, but struggled with getting things "right" at home, albeit for reasons that probably didn't have much to do with autism.