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  • obscur_3@lemmy.ziptoAutism@lemmy.world•Nervous about possible diagnosis
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    2 天前

    You have imposter syndrome. Have you taken cat-q test on embrace autism site? I’d say if you made it so far till here you are probably autistic lol. But seriously speaking I’d do more tests on the site https://embrace-autism.com/ and do more self evaluation and research. Try to learn about sensitivities more and see which might apply to you, if you figure out you are sensitive to loud sound/light or certain situations then try to learn to stim and see if stimming feels natural to you. Watch some videos from this channel to get rid of imposter syndrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3hsywnsl7c It took me half year to properly self diagnose I am around your age and figured out myself just recently but I’m man, for woman and non binary people there is way higher masking and camouflaging level so self diagnosing is even more difficult. Half year ago I was convinced light and noise don’t affect me and I am very good with looking at everyone’s eyes and now I have ASD lvl 2 evaluation from clinical psychologist who said that I actually suck at eye contact lol (well they said not “suck” but struggling). I also learned I’m quite sensitive to environment, its a process of self realization. If something looks for you as “nah no way I am never like that/ never had it” then after self realization it might turn quite opposite and you will realize you actually just wasn’t self aware enough and was hard masking.

  • obscur_3@lemmy.ziptoAutism@lemmy.world•Selective Listening and Neurology
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    24 天前

    I started to have this issue when loud environment won’t let me understand what someone is saying after I got self discovered. I don’t know why it changed like that, before I was working in bars and pubs with dozens of drunk people inside yelling and screaming and it was fine, I took orders and everything. But recently I was sitting in clinic corridor with bunch of people and one of them was doing small talk to me and I didnt understood anything they said cos I was waiting for echocardiogram result and focused on thinking about that. But with phone calls its same bad as before, I never liked phone calls and often don’t remember whats been told after phone call is finished. Secretary of my doctor called me and said to do one small thing before my doctor phone call appointment but I totally forgot when I was supposed to do that small thing, at same day or at the day of doctors appointment. It also depends how clearly someone speaks. My doctor speaks very clear and logical and repeats instructions two times in different way. And she doesn’t even know I’m autistic its just her professional style I think.