Autism Feels… Fitting In #shorts #asd #autism

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[BrainError]

I grew up masking and now 30+ years later I'm actually in a bit if an identity crisis because I don't know what's really me or what I taught myself to be in order to survive. I'm also learning to unmask in certain situations and it's been an emotional journey.

The only people I feel comfortable with are those on the spectrum. That's the closest I get to belonging, but mostly I just feel unwanted and alone the rest of the time.

[lunamoondrop]

i eventually realized i didn't want to be friends with the regular folks. they’re too phony & domesticated.

[reportinglivefromhell]

That explains a lot. Also I make noises when I do things, especially the more uncomfortable a situation gets.

[mauriwestmoreland]

Thank you. You summed it up beautifully for me. I can't tell my family I'm autistic because they won't let me. They don't want to hear it, negate the idea of it so I have to continue to mask. So late in my life to still not get a break.

[originalvonster]

I’ve done a pretty good good of suppressing my true self so far. But you are right, I’m going to try to work on that now so it won’t be a lifetime.

It reminds me of a funny talk I had with our plumber. He said that something had a lifetime guarantee because it was 20 years. I said that I hope I live longer than that. 😂 I didn’t think that was lifetime and I don’t know why manufacturers say that. He said that a life sentence is 20 years so it is. I couldn’t argue with that. It showed to me that what you’ve learned acts like a benchmark for your way of understanding the world.

Our plumber is autistic btw so even if I’m autistic as well, it also showed to me that not all autistic people think the same. Interpretation of logic might be different shaped on what someone has learned about or experienced.

[kencarson]

I've been going through this all my life and just recently discovered that I'm autistic. That feeling of not fitting in was what tormented me . Masking is all I know to do and it's draining.

[eponymoususer]

Like everyone else got a secret rulebook and no one gave one to you.

[mr.cynical]

Yeah, even as I grew up and learned how to communicate in my later teens I never really felt like I was like the rest of the people I talked to. It felt like I wasn't a person. Like, if these were what people were supposed to be, then I must be something else. Something that just happens to look like they do.

[bmiller]

I feel at home with my peeps when I am in Hall H at Comic-Con.

[douglasgrays]

I appreciate your videos on the struggles with autism..but can you share coping methods and how you can fit in during life to teenagers who have found out they are autistic. Give them some hope..you may have done this before as I have not seen all your videos..we all know the issues what can you share to make life better.

[matisslee]

Well i kinda let my leash lose and sometimes be free for most time

[AutisticAthena]

Cycles of high masking and burn out my whole life. Good time lasts anywhere from 6 months to 2 years depending on stress factors, down time is anyone's guess. Longest was about 6 months.

[why_so_eli]

Again don't know if im autistic or not but I try fitting in all the time and its hard and exhausting. I try to be look more happier around ppl and its tiring as hell man. I just have a very pokerface to the point where in pain I can remain blank and can freak ppl out. Like at work I cut myself on accident and instead of feeling pain or discomfort I was playin wit my blood because I don't bleed much at all lol. And coworkers saw this and completely stayed away from me. I rushed to the bathroom to clean up but I was a very awkward moment for me lol.

[treefrog]

I feel exactly the opposite. I belong even though I have autism. When I let other people's opinions about autism or I let ableism get to me, then I feel othered and like I don't belong.

[DryadsBounty]

DAMN Skippy! Totally have nowhere to fit in…

[AutisticAthena]

Do we have a Phenotype, Orion? I've been watching a lot of creators who have Autism, and I have been meeting new Autistic people and I've noticed some features that appear to be common:
*Angular, almost pointed ears with portions of cartilage on the upper rim of the conch missing
*Slightly elongated, angular jawlines
*frequent bifid nasal tips
*Wide set eyes
*Mild facial assymetries, particularly around the eyes and mouth
*Long limbs
*Disproportionately large hands
....
I'm not a scientist, these are just observations from my personal life and I'm curious.

[vulpix]

Me being ♒ with 🧩 I've always felt 👽🛸

[BCSchmerker]

+orionkelly 🤯 *To quote Jim Steinman (BMI): Ye took the words right outta my mouth.*

[ascgazz]

My rheumatologist last week told my my autism diagnosis was fake.
He told me I can’t have fibromyalgia because it’s a “woman’s problem”.

I have Graves Disease which statistically is a woman’s disease but he didn’t mention that.

He also asked me if I’m gay, and that I need a girlfriend.

So sometimes even the doctors are our worst enemies.