For those of use that found out we were autistic as adults, how did you find out? What caused you to consider that you were autistic? What confirmed it?
For those of use that found out we were autistic as adults, how did you find out? What caused you to consider that you were autistic? What confirmed it?
My diagnosed-autistic boyfriend mentioned it to me. I researched it, the label fit. Took the online quizzes, started adapting some of the suggested coping strategies/'life hacks' and they helped.
Then I realized that maybe all the comfortable, 'normal' engineering nerd college friends I fit in with were less neurotypical than I thought. Other friends that had formal diagnoses told me that I felt autistic to them. We flock, you know. Later, I mentioned it to my therapist and she was like "yeah, you seem autistic to me".
I was a psych undergrad, but never really made any friends there. All my friends were nuclear engineering students.