#autism symptoms

[adhd-worlds]

Waiting mode is the most uncomfortable thing ever. I can't do anything, I can't relax, I can't play video games or anything until the thing I'm waiting for actually happens

[toomuchdivergentformyneuro]

me: *reads over symptoms of autism once again* “see but i don’t get upset over changes in routine, we change the routine all the time and i’m totally okay with it!”

also me since i was a kid: *gets irritated, stressed, angry, aggravated, and depressed for the rest of the day after something is switched to another day* *gets angry, stressed, and depressed, and has a breakdown when i find out we have to cancel plans, even if i didn’t really wanna go to wherever we were planning to go* *gets aggravated and is easily upset and is depressed the whole day after i get to cancel something that i had been planning for but also are relieved that i don’t have to go since i really didn’t want to* *is depressed, angry, irritated, and stressed after we cancel plans that i had zero feelings for up until that point* etc.

[autism-polls]

Anonymously submitted on July 6, 2024.

[agirlwithmagicpals]

My personal alternative headcanons for Sebastian solace

[escapism-from-the-real-world]

When I was younger, I thought I had a really big bladder. On 12 hour roadtrips, I’d only go to the bathroom like once and I’d rarely ever go at home. I thought I was built different.

Anyway, I have adhd and autism and I’ve been making myself drink water regularly and wow, have I always been this dehydrated? Have I been not going to the bathroom enough times to be considered healthy? I have overestimated my ability to gauge healthy behavior.

[merthwyn]

I catch myself more and more often wishing I was autistic. Autistic people are never boring, you can sit there and listen to them talking about all their special subjects of interest that you would never think they even exist, or reading their stories and fairytales, or generally getting into and exploring their own special world which is always way more interesting than the world of neuro-typical people. And, I don't know, given the "hobbies" and "interests" that society considers as "normal" nowadays as well as the general deconstruction and dehumanisation, I see the gap between "normality" and autism becoming bigger and bigger over the years. At the same time, I'm annoyed because my brain cannot find any way of talking to these people about their interests or their stories or whatever. It's so damn hard to start and keep a conversation with them. My extreme shyness plays a huge role into this as well. I feel I will be considered a freak or a stocker if I start conversations or ask questions.

I know you cannot become autistic during your life (or be taught how to be one) but I'm stubborn and I try hard to develop similar behaviours. Thankfully, I'm married to an autistic man so I have "direct access" to his world. Indeed, I've seen change in my areas of interest. They have become less and less "normal" and boring during the years and I also see society's reaction as I'm not considered "normal" and I face the consequences of this (difficulty to make friends with similar areas of interests, marginalisation and belittling for being a "weirdo" are some of them). That's a good sign, although painful.

On the other hand, I don't know. I was never interested in what society calls "normal" anyway. Many of my areas of interests were/are here because I was "supposed" to think in this and that way or have this and that hobby because this is what other people of my age do or this is how they think. I remember being the freak of my classroom for not being interested in what other kids liked. I also learnt that it's way more difficult to diagnose autism in girls than boys. And since it's a spectrum, symptoms may be blatantly obvious or not so much. So maybe I am in the spectrum as well? Apart from the interests and hobbies issue, social situations make me feel stressed (understanding and following social rules is the worst!), big changes make me anxious, I over-plan, I love being touched, making friends was always hard and I notice small details that others don't.

I hate self-diagnosing but, good luck dealing with the extremely dysfunctional UK Health System. If it took me a month to get advice for a bloody chest infection (and I never did, I went private at the end, the NHS doctor simply told me to drink hot drinks with lemon), imagine how hard it will be to try something so complex. If it's hard for my husband to get diagnosed (who is the typical kind of "tell me you're autistic without telling me you are autistic") imagine how hard it will be for me. But, autistic or not, I will always be that friend who's here for her autistic friends and supports them and I will always endeavour to be a "weirdo" like them.

(Don't even know if all the above make sense btw. Looks more like an incoherent rumbling).

[starsh1ne-va1ly]

Theres this guy in my class and we talked about how to take care of cats. He told me that a cat would live better in a whole city and that all cats would prefer to live outside because thats where they normally life. He also said that if youre going to let your cat go on a balcony that they needed a whole forest and mices on it 💀 He wouldnt admit that this was wrong and that NOT ALL cats would rather life outside or that its not always healthyer for them. I ended up closing my ears and tell him that he was fucking annoying and then he said that i simply could'nt take critic ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ srsly he argued with me over the most random stuff, even about things he doesnt know about and HE TELLS ME I AM UNABLE TO FACE CRITISM??? There are things that dont need opinion, dude. For example DIAGNOSED AUTISTIC SYMTOMPS. He told me that it could'nt be true that autistic people have issues with motor skills and that they can be really clumsy and this was caused by the austim. HE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT AUTISM WTF Also i grew up with cats, SO HOW CAN HE THINK HE KNOWS BETTER???

[neurotichunter]

My mom: You can't be autistic, don't you think I would've noticed when you were a child?

Also my mom: I don't like this spoon... No particular reason, it's just not... spooning right.

[fmk-polls]

Ask box is open and I am taking poll suggestions

[project-pleiades]

Googling how to explain to my friends who I love and adore and would enjoy doing anything with that if we make plans to do a Specific Thing and schedule a time and then someone either A. Offers to do something totally unrelated to Specific Thing we originally scheduled time out for a day or two before the event or B. Changes the plans either right before or during the allotted time to do Specific Thing and we don’t end up doing Specific Thing it will make feel like I am being vacuum sealed in a bag full of needles

Results: Do I have Autism/ADHD quiz.

[chamomile-coated-cat]

So maybe I'm not color blind and dyslexic, maybe it's just ANOTHER symptom of autism...

Apparently, like auditory processing disorder, visual processing disorder exist!

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1. VISUAL DISCRIMINATION ISSUES:

Trouble seeing the difference between similar letters, shapes, or objects2

2. VISUAL FIGURE-GROUND DISCRIMINATION ISSUES:

Struggle to distinguish a shape or letter from its background2

3. VISUAL SEQUENCING ISSUES:

Find it difficult to see shapes, letters, or words in the correct order; may skip lines or read the same line over and over2

4. VISUAL-MOTOR PROCESSING ISSUES:

Trouble using what they see to coordinate with the way they move; may struggle to write within lines or bump into objects while walking2

5. LONG- OR SHORT-TERM VISUAL MEMORY ISSUES:

Struggle to remember shapes, symbols, or objects they’ve seen, causing issues with reading and spelling2

6. VISUAL-SPATIAL ISSUES:

Trouble understanding where objects are in space; unsure how close objects are to one another2

7. VISUAL CLOSURE ISSUES:

Difficulty identifying an object when only parts of it are showing2

8. LETTER AND SYMBOL REVERSAL ISSUES:

Switch numbers or letters when writing, or may mistake “b” for “d” or “w” for “m”1

[adhd-worlds]

Does anyone actually know why adhd and autistic ppl have a better time paying attention to a film or tv show with subtitles on? Like why does it help me focus?

[oliver-and-mushrooms]

Guys, would it be considered an autistic thing to do if I made a chart of my autistic symptoms?

[autism-info]

Just some of the behaviours that are present in some way / shape / form. As always, not every autistic person is going to experience the same symptoms the same amount, it is different for each individual person.

[gooworld-anti-brainboom-blog]

Autism my bingo card

I am adding a rewatching show I've seen 100 times and relistening to songs I've heard many times

[ablanktechpriest]

Trying to figure out at what point something is and isnt a symptom of autism is like trying to figure out what family of animals the platypus belongs to.

just had to vent a bit because this issue keeps living rent free in my head since late 2020