Published on 12, July, 2020
What "autistic" things do you find yourselves doing? I do a lot of different things which I know a neurotypical wouldn't think twice about.
One of them is making sure everything in my house is straight, so the chairs, my books and DVDs on the shelf, pictures hanging on the wall and plenty more than that.
Recently I was doing up an MG Maestro and had noticed the offside headlight wasn't seated properly and was facing a little to the side. This bothered me so much, playing at the back of my mind until finally I went out and straightened it because I couldn't cope with it not being right.
I feel like I was actually approaching a meltdown, that's how much this sort of thing bothers me.
Am I alone in being this way?
I buy variations on a theme clothing. Same brand, same style, different colours. Makes it easier if the thing fits.
If i am in the car, and music comes on the mp3 player that I feel would be judged "uncool" (sea shanties....) I turn it down, which I assume is masking.
I love flat-pack furniture, especially IKEA. There is something incredibly joyous about it. It's like solving a puzzle and the diagrams in the instructions are like a millions words distilled into a single image. If I had a dream job it would be assembling ikea furniture.
I have 17 of the same dress. no others.