Them: “Hey you seem a little unfocused today is something wrong?”
Me using 90% of my focus to not say random thoughts out loud or pace or make weird faces because everyone will think I’m insane: “yeah I’m fine, just a little tired is all”
Unfortunately if you're high-masking they usually disagree with you and say you can't possibly be autistic.
And then proceed to use two data points to extrapolate your entire history in their heads, and conclude that the issue is really [something irrelevant].
I'm still traumatised by getting that reaction from my friends the first time I told them about my diagnosis. A decade and a half later and I still have imposter syndrome about my own diagnosis.
Maybe the doctors were wrong and my friends were right all along? Maybe I'm actually just a worthless, lazy piece of shit?
If it helps, like often attracts like. My diagnosis was delayed because my wife insisted I was normal. It turns out we both have ADHD and autism. 🤷♂️ Also, an impressive number of our friend have now been diagnosed as various neurodiversities. It set off a bit of a chain reaction.
The way you should think about it is that you were masking really well, which is hard!
I've only recently got diagnosed and I've been very selective on who I tell it. So far, only my dad and current gf know. The real irony is that my ex, a psychologist, never raised a suspicion, not even as a joke, that I might be one.
I wish someone would say that to me
Although I don't go around sharing that I'm Autistic. That seems like over sharing to me
That image on the bottom goes hard
Poster: I support autists!
Poster: I hate reply guys! What the fuck is wrong with those morons.
Or another one:
"I get that sometimes Autistic people unintentionally come off as rude or mean"
"I hate people who are blunt and dry because they are jerks"
