It seems probable I was autistic growing up. However given that I am not an NPC and have a higher self, I don't have to rely on using the physical body or the mind to think. They're more like puppets, or a vehicle. I wouldn't even consider this "autistic masking". My mere presence entrains others,

To answer your initial question here's what google sez:

There are five major types of autism which include Asperger's syndrome, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, Kanner's syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorder – not otherwise specified.

So if you're not prone to reading something and then immediately coming down with the symptoms go ahead and research each one.

What I've also heard(from somewhere) is that everyone is on the spectrum, just that people have various degrees of it(them) and its not exactly one continuous line from 'normal' to 'autistic'.
If that made sense to you congrats.

Anyway, if you feel that you have problems that interfere with your normal life then get it checked out and then you'll know how to adjust(or not).
Getting a diagnosis just rubber stamps you to receive medication or expensive testing.

put on your autism hat so everyone knows you have autism and you won't be responsible for your actions

Certainly

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

What I've also heard(from somewhere) is that everyone is on the spectrum, just that people have various degrees of it(them) and its not exactly one continuous line from 'normal' to 'autistic'.
If that made sense to you congrats.

That is very interesting, this is something I independently thought before as well, but never digged deeper into it, to have someone mention it certainly sparked my curiosity.

I mean if you dont get diagnosed you wont know yeah.

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

]What I've also heard(from somewhere) is that everyone is on the spectrum, just that people have various degrees of it(them) and its not exactly one continuous line from 'normal' to 'autistic'.
If that made sense to you congrats.

Made up garbage to trick normie cattle into continuing to play along with medical-industrial crimes and scams. Like, it's all a spectrum bro! Cuzza ur genes or somethin! Wait for duh seanceist 2 tell u wut 2 think haha lol.
*goes back to grazing*

Maim and drain is the name of the game. Take out your competition early. Repurpose the useable material, crush the rest.

autism is a made up lable you be better off without.

all it is is a conformation that of a list of 20 traits you got 7 or more.
many may not even be visuable today as they mere be merely you spoke at a late age..

this makes the lable utterly useless for there are more combinations of traits possible than humans on earth...

and that does not even adress the issue that the lable does not explain why you have those traits neither what can be done to cure them.

yet.. there are many stigma's about people with such lable presumtions everybody with the lable is such and such.. that you do such and such because you are (lable) .. and that it is untreatable.. and worse of all children often still toddlers are pumped full of chemicals and are told they are different and treated different.. and you find it weird they end up all messed up as adults?

as such the harm from having such a lable is multitutes worse.. than just living normally and never knowing..
few who get it have the strenght to fight the systems off.. and than still end up to have to deal with the trauma of that childhood as well as the issues of dealing with just being a bit different.
the lable does not help.. it makes things so much worse..

it is almost always an excuse for parents and teachers to shift the blame away.. or for individuals to have an excuse to hide behind. often with chemicals to make them behave without that being in the interest of the person..
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you still may be different, have lower eq or be outright weird..
and you could try to look why.. and how to treat it.. but know that you never get that answer once they slacked the lable...
also.. believe me the way others treat you get much worse..

it is better to run a normal race on 1 leg.. vs people with 2 legs.. than to have your own seperate paralympics even if you might win gold of those.
better looser of the normals that king of the loosers.

-- likewise it may be tempting if you say I am autistic people may tolerate behavior they before called you an ahole for more.. but pity is no substitute for real relations.. and betyter 99 thin your just an incosiderate jerk.. to find that 1 true friend. for once people hear a lable.. that chance for a truelly equal relation is permantly shot.

so believe me.. your better off not knowing..

if your a bit weird.. and may have things like talk to much or I alfabetise my bookshelf or whatnot.. well than thats you and you can tell people that... no need to know or trow lables.

Originally posted by trash nyan:

I mean if you dont get diagnosed you wont know yeah.

And if you can't afford a doctor, self-diagnosis is apparently 100% acceptable these days.

I am not autistic, but if I was I would have big brass balls about it and wouldn't take it too hard, everybody has problems, autism is just a blip in the water.

Originally posted by Das0s:

Sometimes I just feel like I might be autistic. Everything points to it, from the way I process my emotions and the environment around me to the way I react to stimuli. My communication style is also a big part of why I believe I might be. I have to think twice before I say something at work because of how direct I am. I am unbelievably direct, sometimes to the point where people feel like it is some sort of an attack or passive-aggressive act, which is not, but to the recipient it looks like it is, which I understand at the same time because I've analyzed this before and I can see why I come across like that, which is why I am consciously making an effort to frame my words carefully before I let them come out of my mouth. The communication thing got me into trouble already three times at work and it could have perfectly been avoided by using a different wording, and it was something innocent blown out of proportion.

Also, high levels of empathy. I can just feel the energy around me, it's hard to explain but I can literally just feel the vibe of a place within seconds of being there and if I feel like my presence there would not be appreciated I just walk out without anyone even noticing I was there in the first place.

I was never diagnosed though and I don't think I'm gonna get a diagnosis any time soon. It's one of those things that I simply don't want to have it appear anywhere. It certainly wouldn't help me at my job if my managers knew I was diagnosed with autism. As a matter of fact, I'm a pretty reserved individual myself, so that also plays a role into why I didn't wanna get it yet. But I might try it, just for my own curiosity. Here I can say whatever I want, because no one knows me. In a way it feels liberating, because there's no prejudice.

Every time I come across truly authentic, empathetic individuals it's almost like there's an invisible pull and you just feel understood by them for a very brief moment. Have you ever had moments where you just felt understood by someone you barely even knew without saying a single word, just by being in their presence? Yeah. It's a real thing that happens. And it's a very, extremely rare thing that happens to me, and every time it happens for one reason or another that person never stays in my life. It might have been someone I've only met one day in some random place and never met ever again.

Life is beautiful. Whether or not I am autistic. Wish you guys a great day, wherever you are. You're all amazing just as you are. Everyone is special—every single human on this planet, everyone has a purpose in this life and everyone adds up to the beauty of life, even those individuals who are not yet aware of their own value. All of us have potential—it all starts in the mind.

1. Yes, people can be autistic without knowing it.
You are not born to know the term or to know might be a larger difference between the processing of information to other people.

2. At most just think of yourself on the spectrum it covers a lot.
Don't get hung up on definitions and if you do want to know then go to the professionals to test you thoroughly. Don't try to 'be autistic' either.

probably me

Are you just trying to say that their are people who are oblivious to the fact that they are on the spectrum?

Originally posted by Das0s:

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Autistic? communicating is an art form bud.

Have you met Temet Nosce?