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I need to memorize things and traits I have that could help with my psychiatrist believing me this time. I guess reading up on all this will help to reassure myself too because when everyone in your life (offline) does not believe you, you start doubting yourself too, but I'm not gonna give up and just pretend this was all a big misunderstanding and that I'm neurotypical, I've thought about it before, this all makes too much sense for me to be.

edit: shit I'm just realizing this isn't normal behavior, right? feeling like you have to study for a psychiatrist's appointment. I guess this reinforces the last item on the list...


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Man I find lists like this so weird, because at least to my perception, like half of these are trauma symptoms, like in PTSD. Routines and plans and even to some extent anxiety, those are all trauma coping mechanisms, demanding control in an attempt to avoid unexpected disasters.

And there's an under-representation of sensory processing things in here, severely disliking certain textures, sounds, etc, or using other stimulus to distract from worse stimulus, which manifests in "stims" like arm flapping, bouncing, tics like knuckle cracking, and even stuff like echolalia, mimicking sounds and phrases (especially if you always deliver the phrase the same way). Sometimes it does come across as "noticing small details" but sometimes it comes across as missing details others find obvious.

I dunno, it doesn't seem that bad as a "oh you've never met an autistic person before, maybe here's some things to look out for" but as far as representing the lived experience, it's like attempting to describe a piece of clothing without ever mentioning it's something you can wear lol

well you're not wrong, there's a lot of overlap. it's hard to figure what what's coming from where especially if you have several of these conditions.

oh yeah sensory things are a huge part of this, I have sensitivity to noises, like I cannot stand vacuum cleaner noises, really busy streets, it starts making me anxious to be near them and it feels bad. I'm always doing stupid shit with my hands, feeling each finger individually, cracking my knuckles, sometimes I stop to feel the texture of the wall. Missing details others find obvious is a great point too... I feel like I often have to ask about things like phrases or jokes. These lists are limited and more like a general thing or starting point, I'm gonna read some more again (because I had read several before when I was trying to figure all this out, in addition to taking some tests and always scoring highly)