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Silently diagnosing people

Luna

I can't help but silently start diagnosing people when they say things that make me think autism or if I see them acting in similar ways to me. 

Is this something anybody here does?
My cousin Paige appears very shy, she rarely speaks, she never makes eye contact - I didn't realise this until yesterday -, she doesn't like overly bright things, she said this yesterday and then only just I said I was going to sort my books and she asked if she could come and help because she loves organising things.
And now my brain is trying to work out whether she has autism or whether I'm just seeing things that aren't really there. Or, maybe I'm just desperate for another autistic person in the family. Lol.
A part of me wants to ask her but I don't want to offend her in case she would find that offensive as I've sadly read a lot of people do.
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  • I do this as well. I believe it's a part of our tendency to over analyse everything. Before Xmas I found myself unfortunately in a queue at Tesco and a man was stood at a different queue by the counter and he was coughing his guts up, didn't cover his mouth either. That disturbed me slightly but my brain was more thinking has he got lung cancer? Chest infection? Covid? He is looking rather pale...

    Honestly my brain is so freaking annoying when it goes off on one like that. I have enough health anxiety with my own self without worrying about strangers health as well LOL. I do it with my family as well. Silently diagnosing may well be a part of autism, though, at times I'm more vocal when it comes to diagnosing people which has had a tendency to annoy people. Unintentional on my part LOL.

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  • I do this as well. I believe it's a part of our tendency to over analyse everything. Before Xmas I found myself unfortunately in a queue at Tesco and a man was stood at a different queue by the counter and he was coughing his guts up, didn't cover his mouth either. That disturbed me slightly but my brain was more thinking has he got lung cancer? Chest infection? Covid? He is looking rather pale...

    Honestly my brain is so freaking annoying when it goes off on one like that. I have enough health anxiety with my own self without worrying about strangers health as well LOL. I do it with my family as well. Silently diagnosing may well be a part of autism, though, at times I'm more vocal when it comes to diagnosing people which has had a tendency to annoy people. Unintentional on my part LOL.

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    R said:
    That disturbed me slightly but my brain was more thinking has he got lung cancer? Chest infection? Covid? He is looking rather pale...

    This is so me lol Laughing I'm like an encyclopedia when it comes to health illnesses and diseases. I would probably actually make an all right doctor but the way I observe people and obsess over people I'd probably be struck off lol.

    I do it to family and to strangers but with family I'll actually tell them I think they need to see a doctor. I got it right as well with my mum in 2019, she was having a range of issues and it turned out to be her gallbladder.

    One point to moi lol Rofl