Published on 12, July, 2020
I was only recently diagnosed a few years ago, and I've been looking back and thinking about things I did when I was a child that were definitely signs of being on the spectrum.
I went through a very intense phase of eating everything with a spork, especially one meal in particular - rye bread with hummus on, topped with a little bit of green Tabasco sauce. This was after my enlightening experience of going to Leeds Festival for my birthday when I was 12 and camping over the weekend, having eaten everything using a spork.
That and eating any noodles or pasta with one of those spinning Pot Noodle forks.... good times. :-)
Looking back, I can realise why my mum definitely thought I was autistic.
I'd love to know if anyone has any similar things that they liked/did that looking back you realise were signs you were autistic.
Sensory overloads. My schizophrenic father had a phobia of silence, he always had a TV or a radio at full blast. Our house has often a couple of TV turned on without anyone looking at them. The sensory overload was horrible, but my father got into a screaming rage when I tried to lower the volume. Probably a normal children would have just thought it annoying, but for me it was a 24/7 sensory overload. Now I just cannot stand TV. Once he said that he needed the noise to "make the voices stop", it was the first time I realized that there was something wrong with me but he was just mad as a hatter. Burn in Hell daddy, I hope Satan is skinning you alive right now.
I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you are doing ok now!
Depends of your idea of "ok". I have a house, a good job and money in the bank, so I am in the top 10% of aspies. Nearly all the aspies I have met would trade my life with theirs (and I would NOT accept the trade).