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Anyone here take the CAT-Q?

Oran G. Utan

I took the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire not long ago, and was surprised to find that against the average of 109 for adult males, my average was 149. So I mask considerably more than the average among us. It's given me a lot to think about in terms of how I behave around other people, how I behave around people I trust and am close to, and how I behave when I'm by myself. I'm curious to find out if there are others among us here who have scored similarly high, or higher.

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  • I come in at 152 for work and socialising with "normal" people (inc family).

    I re-did it based on socialising with "my people" i.e  those on the alternative scene (e.g. Goth, Punk, Emo, Hippy etc. etc.). I thought of events like weddings, birthday parties etc. where it wasn't just people I've met before, but they were all "alternative" in some way. My score dropped down to 127. Still high but better.

    I could probably drop it further if I only ever had to socialise with alt. people, the majority of whom seem to be outside the norm in one way or another. Talking about long term physical or mental health issues, LGBTQ+ identity, neurodiversity or different lifestyle/belief system and obviously NOT mainstream music or fashion choices! I find the alt scene generally more accepting of difference and not as wedded to conventional social conventions. At least that's my experience.

    I'm not part of a big IRL friends group, but am in touch in a loose way with a fair number of ppl on social media and there are still occasional big IRL events, which are the ones I thought of.

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  • I come in at 152 for work and socialising with "normal" people (inc family).

    I re-did it based on socialising with "my people" i.e  those on the alternative scene (e.g. Goth, Punk, Emo, Hippy etc. etc.). I thought of events like weddings, birthday parties etc. where it wasn't just people I've met before, but they were all "alternative" in some way. My score dropped down to 127. Still high but better.

    I could probably drop it further if I only ever had to socialise with alt. people, the majority of whom seem to be outside the norm in one way or another. Talking about long term physical or mental health issues, LGBTQ+ identity, neurodiversity or different lifestyle/belief system and obviously NOT mainstream music or fashion choices! I find the alt scene generally more accepting of difference and not as wedded to conventional social conventions. At least that's my experience.

    I'm not part of a big IRL friends group, but am in touch in a loose way with a fair number of ppl on social media and there are still occasional big IRL events, which are the ones I thought of.

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