Is secrecy an autistic thing?

I'm relatively new to this, and keep finding things about me that directly link to autism... I wonder: is secrecy an autism thing? 

I can be _really_ private - I could give loads of examples (but they're secret!), though a simple one would be that while I'd happily ask this question here, I wouldn't talk to my partner about it, or I deed want them to know I was typing this here, now, on the internet... I don't want them to know what I'm doing in that space at all come to think of it!

So is this also (another) trait? I've seen it in my work context with young autistics which is partly why I ask... it's funny what you pick up from younger, less filtered/masking autistics - I hadn't realised that I stim in certain situations until very recently, and that was something I' seen in much younger autistics. 

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  • It sounds weird but I tend to what I call "segregate" info. A lot of people would say I overshare, I explained to my friend an entire doctor's visit that ended in huge embarrassment on Sunday! And yet my family don't, and probably won't ever know what actually happened. However, for everyone who says I overshare, others would say I am extremely private. I don't like letting people in, however, when people are let in, I overshare greatly. 

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  • It sounds weird but I tend to what I call "segregate" info. A lot of people would say I overshare, I explained to my friend an entire doctor's visit that ended in huge embarrassment on Sunday! And yet my family don't, and probably won't ever know what actually happened. However, for everyone who says I overshare, others would say I am extremely private. I don't like letting people in, however, when people are let in, I overshare greatly. 

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