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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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  • No.

    But I went for a long time with question marks left unanswered.Its who you are so nothing is unatural to you only how others relate, react and treat you. If someone had truly observed this happening. Its how people react to you, there is a lot of ignorance and apathy in the world. This annoys me so much because these are people who run organisations and schools and care providers but they really care very little to look a closer.

    Innadvertantly there was a degree of discrimination in all that lead me to identify with being different.Not being invited to other childrens parties etc. I think there were red flags all along the way through childhood and eduction, which professionals and family chose to ignore or dismiss for whatever reason. Times that were really tense for me I remember others were quite quick to label me as disruptive. I'd also say that with what I know now looking back there was a degree of exploitative behaviour by other parents and their children. This is kind of how I observe the work place, fuil of children very few professionals (grown ups).

    I have trust issues and not because of a specific event. I observed how in schools and the workplace how people are manipulating each other, I was acutely aware of this from a young age. 

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    But I went for a long time with question marks left unanswered.Its who you are so nothing is unatural to you only how others relate, react and treat you. If someone had truly observed this happening. Its how people react to you, there is a lot of ignorance and apathy in the world. This annoys me so much because these are people who run organisations and schools and care providers but they really care very little to look a closer.

    Innadvertantly there was a degree of discrimination in all that lead me to identify with being different.Not being invited to other childrens parties etc. I think there were red flags all along the way through childhood and eduction, which professionals and family chose to ignore or dismiss for whatever reason. Times that were really tense for me I remember others were quite quick to label me as disruptive. I'd also say that with what I know now looking back there was a degree of exploitative behaviour by other parents and their children. This is kind of how I observe the work place, fuil of children very few professionals (grown ups).

    I have trust issues and not because of a specific event. I observed how in schools and the workplace how people are manipulating each other, I was acutely aware of this from a young age. 

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