9 Signs You are Probably NOT Autistic...

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00:00 You're just an introvert, tho??
01:50 Autistic people can't have friends?
05:52 Are you a robot?
08:19 This is not fun.
10:57 If people said this to you, you might be autistic
12:18 Autistic traits are just human traits.
16:30 Does this give you rage?
19:33 Neurotypical people are boring?
23:30 I don't want to admit this about myself...
26:30 Do you get stuck?
29:45 What if you're hiding autistic traits?

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Aspergirls by Rudy Simone:

Different not Less by Chloe Hayden (read if you want to cry):

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price:

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DISCLAIMER: I am a second-year psychology student and a late-diagnosed #actuallyautistic individual. I am not a qualified healthcare professional.

[imautisticnowwhat]

Hope you’ve all had a lovely week! Since filming this, I’ve lost my voice, which is sooo annoying – I have so many scripts and ideas I’m excited about that are almost ready to go!!! I need someone to make an AI voice for me 😂 Not really, because that’s scary!



Thank you so much – I never imagined having such a warm, caring community behind me. The reaction to my little stimming clips in the last video was so kind. I didn’t even stress about posting it that much in the end 😂💛💛💛

And apologies that some of the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria language is not always the most flattering. ‘Restricted and repetitive behaviours’ always makes me cringe a bit. But that’s just what it is right now. I wonder how it will continue to evolve?

Also, I say 'autism is genetic' at the start of the video. What I meant by this is 'being autistic does run in my family'. There's a lot we don't know about why people are autistic, but we definitely know there are genetic factors.

[stoverboo]

I saw one description of the autistic desire for order that I understood immediately: We love routines, but hate schedules. A schedule is an imposition on what I want to do, whereas my routine is my comfort zone.

[sophiethee]

I'm so autistic I didn't realize I was bullied in high school until years later

[WoodsteadCreative]

"Oh you crochet?"
Yeah, I just really love repeating the same movement 40, 000 times. It's very soothing...

[NachosNVeganChili]

The "everybody received a manual" hit so close to home, that when I was younger I twisted "Life is a theatre, so where the hell is my script?!" (which I know ofc in itself is also a reference) into "Life is a theatre, but unfortunately it's improv".

[UmbralForest]

Its absurd to me that people think autistics can't have ANY friends, like other neurodivergent people don't exist at moderate saturation. I just look for people who share my weird little vibe and i always consistently had 1 friend at any one time growing up, the OTHER weird kid in the room. I've tried and failed to have neurotypical friends so many times but it usually ends with my bluntness or black-sheepness making them upset with me. I'd rather just stick to my fellow weirdos.

[minamina-nplr]

you *might* not be autistic if:
1. social success comes easily, naturally, and/or intuitively to you (doesn't mean autistic people can't have friends)
2. you've never been excluded, bullied, ostracised, or othered (OR may have been called "quirky", "eccentric" instead)
3. socialising has always been the most fun thing to you, and you'd never choose a hobby over a chat with friends (also: autistic people can have a lot of success socialising online); lower tolerance to socialising
4. you've never been told you speak weirdly (in monotone, strange flow of speech, odd trace of language; perhaps you choose language that is more appropriate to express yourself as opposed to what's trendy)
5. you don't stim (an important note is that NEUROTYPICAL people also stim); vocally: echolalia
6. your environment doesn't bother you: you don't have a history of noticing things in your environment that other people do not; can be oblivious to it when very focused on something
7. you have hobbies and interests that are not abnormal in intensity and/or focus
8. you're very relaxed and easy-going
9. you *might* have no problem with transitions (if you drive somewhere, it takes you a while to leave the car; once class is over, you stay for a longer time; getting out of bed, or going to the bathroom). does have to do with focus and in that case is a shared trait with adhd people. feeling "mentally hungover" after stopping doing something.

[chrisbarber]

I was recently finally able to get an autism assessment and the doctor said something along the lines of "you're autistic but you cope too well to be diagnosed with a 'real disorder'" which was... weird. I'm still trying to figure out if that was validating or invalidating, but it definitely feels like being trapped in a no-man's land where I just don't get to belong anywhere.

[gilasantos]

I either talk very loud or very low. I usually get “why are you scream?” Or “why are you so quiet? Speak louder.”
I had a teacher that called me out on front of me the class for being too quiet and having an accent. I was in the advance gifted classes. I felt so horrible.


Anyway, I’m going to have my first appointment this upcoming week. I’m very nervous.

[meganmeunier]

On the manual thing... As a kid I did well academically but struggled socially and also with physical coordination. I remember, clear as day, standing in the school playground and watching children chat with each other effortlessly and thinking "it's okay, I'm ahead in maths, so I suppose I'm just behind here. Someone will teach me this one day too."
When I got diagnosed at 23 all I could think about was tiny me, not sad, not angry, not feeling confused, absolutely certain that someone would soon notice that they had forgotten to teach me the manual and the fact that no one did.

[mtta]

i was diagnosed with autism at 14 but i think now that i was actually misdiagnosed and they mistook my OCD for autism. after getting treatment for my OCD (and depression) i don’t have a single autistic trait left, i don’t recognize myself at all in the criteria, and watching this video made me seek a new evaluation!

[meganknight]

As an ADHD’er I get super irritated when I’m interrupted but not because I can’t get my mind off of whatever I was doing, but because I know once I change gears there is no going back to the level of focus and “get this done” when i turn to something else. It’s like that task just disappears into the aether

[JessieThorne]

Great video! Back in school I wasn't bullied, but didn't really feel like part of the group either. At a reunion for my public school, one of my former classmates told me that I would have been such an easy target for bullying due to how much I stood out (due to my stimming and lack of social skills), but my classmates actually made sure that noone from the other classes harassed me, or they would harass them right back. So I kinda had guardian angels I didn't know about. ❤

[kated]

Pretty sure I had an autistic rat once. Poor fellow had no idea how to behave with others, and had many quirks that were very different from any other rat I've ever seen. One minute he would be snuggly sleeping with the others... and the next he would be biting them out of nowhere, probably because he suddenly wanted to be alone. He didn't understand that biting was a HUGE no-no in rat society, and after a while the other rats would just avoid the poor bugger entirely. He did not socialize with me the way pet rats typically do with their owner either, and was very peculiar about certain things in his environment that other rats don't typically have issues with.

[Cybolic]

That comment at around 4:20 about making friends cross-culturally has been my secret trick for quite a while now! I'm from Scandinavia but have relocated to Greece, partly due to precisely this; whenever I'm socially awkward or come across a bit emotionally mute, it's always just attributed to a difference in culture or "Those Scandinavians are a bit cold, it's normal". It's a fantastic buffer to have, even if it feels a bit like a cheat.

[AnnabethsEdits]

Claim your "imposter syndrome made me watch this" ticket here 😂

[glitterandearth]

“oh I dont think i stim-“ *I said as I spun in circles* | (• ◡•)|

[Hawthorn]

I used to consider myself a chill and easy-going person because I thought those things meant you were accepting, non-judgemental, not easily annoyed or angered, or easy to get along with and I was like "yeah I relate to that" until I found out that being "chill" means you're all those things on the inside as well 😅

[katcalico]

“Being bullied is not a trait.” When I was young it certainly felt like one. 😂😂😂😂

[RadioactiveBluePlatypus]

I saw the timestamps and I genuinely thought that someone's "aura" could mean they're not autistic like "yeah no you don't have the autism ghost aura following you, I don't think you're autistic"