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Autistic 'lightbulb moments'

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Since your diagnosis/self realisation, have you had times in your life when suddenly you realise why you did something in the past ie because of your autism.

There have been many for me, but recently the hair cutting thread made me realise why I hated hairdressers so much even though everyone else I knew seemed to look forward to going.

I was the only person in my 30s I knew to have a mobile hairdresser come to my house - it seemed to be older people or those with mobility problems who went for this service.

Have you had moments when everything clicks into place/another piece of the puzzle of your past?

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  • There are many moments (even though I‘m not officially diagnosed)… One that simultaneously makes me want to vanish on the spot when thinking back, is when we were practicing a kind of musical theatre in kindergarten. I learned every text passage of the song and when some kid sang, I waited till the end and then raised my hand to say that they made a mistake with the text. It was like really minor, but it was important to me. My kindergarten-teacher then said something along the lines of: “Well, since you know everything, you should do the whole song for us alone in the middle.”

    It was years later when I realised that this was supposed to be a punishment.

    I can also relate to the hair thing… I hated going to the hairdresser, but it was my hair in general. I remember having a massive meltdown while staying at my grandmas place because she couldn’t do my hair the exact way it had to be.

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  • There are many moments (even though I‘m not officially diagnosed)… One that simultaneously makes me want to vanish on the spot when thinking back, is when we were practicing a kind of musical theatre in kindergarten. I learned every text passage of the song and when some kid sang, I waited till the end and then raised my hand to say that they made a mistake with the text. It was like really minor, but it was important to me. My kindergarten-teacher then said something along the lines of: “Well, since you know everything, you should do the whole song for us alone in the middle.”

    It was years later when I realised that this was supposed to be a punishment.

    I can also relate to the hair thing… I hated going to the hairdresser, but it was my hair in general. I remember having a massive meltdown while staying at my grandmas place because she couldn’t do my hair the exact way it had to be.

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