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well, basically tik tok started recommending me a lot of videos about autism, adhd, audhd, aspergher's and that kind of thing more specifically. i started watching them and what they describe as 'symptoms' or whatever seem to match with a lot of things i tend to do. i then found a screening test which is used to see if a diagnostic is worth it (it's some kind of psichiatrically approved test) and my score was positive for asperghers. of course it doesn't mean anything because i need a professional but it got me thinking if maybe it is my own bias or if maybe i should try and seek professional help, a lot of my issues when it comes to my "professional" life i feel have been fucked up because of things that could be related to this, so that's what kind of bothers me, and also that maybe has impacted in some ways in my social life or social skills. but i dont know if maybe i'm just being dumb or not, so i'd like to know what it was for other comrades.

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[โ€“] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got diagnosed at like 6 or 7 (back in the dark ages when doctors were throwing Ritalin at all the "problem" kids and only high needs autistic kids were getting diagnosed) but the doctor told my mom that it was borderline so she should just ignore it because the "negative stigma" would hold me back more than my autism.

Got bullied lots, went through all of school bored because I was too smart but bordering on failing because my handwriting was atrocious.

Had a really awkward early 20s before meeting a diagnosed autistic guy and talking for a bit and remembering the testing. So I asked my mom and shes like "oh yeah I thought you knew."

Got bullied lots, went through all of school bored because I was too smart but bordering on failing because my handwriting was atrocious.

Exactly me in 5-10th grade lmao. They never deducted poonts for handwriting luckily