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Did you think you were autistic before someone suggested it?

Stuart333

I'm curious whether you can see it in yourself. I thought I was right and everyone else was wrong.

I suspected I was different, but squashed it, I was just extra normal. I couldn't figure out why I was confused and had bouts of depression,

I just wanted to know what was holding me back, why I had some atypical depression, and whether there was something up with how I communicated.

But there was no need for an autism test. I wasn't autistic surely.

Except the psychologists thought otherwise, 3 of them. I even argued with them, a sign in itself probably.

So did you guess, before someone suggested a screening test? Maybe the internet makes it more likely these days, but you need a reason to go looking.

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  • Yup I caught on before anyone else did. Honestly, I’m pretty embarrassed about how I figured it out. I was researching information on the infamous Christine Chandler and recognized some traits she has that mirrored my own. Fixation on certain topics, history of being easily manipulated, creativity based on reframing someone else’s work (ex. in my case, remixing music), and etc. After learning about her experience, I researched more into Autism and figured out that I was in need of reaching out to a psychologist for an assessment.

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  • Yup I caught on before anyone else did. Honestly, I’m pretty embarrassed about how I figured it out. I was researching information on the infamous Christine Chandler and recognized some traits she has that mirrored my own. Fixation on certain topics, history of being easily manipulated, creativity based on reframing someone else’s work (ex. in my case, remixing music), and etc. After learning about her experience, I researched more into Autism and figured out that I was in need of reaching out to a psychologist for an assessment.

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