Autistic Traits I Showed In Childhood

Im not gonna be homeless y'all we love!!!

[dyoung]

I share many of those traits too. The non-verbal thing is something I have experienced my entire life - its the most debilitating trait making impossible to work and make friends. I think the right term is selective mutism. 💜

[EmilyFPC]

5:16 It's called Selective Mutism, but it's a very misleading term - you don't get to choose when it happens! For that reason many argue that something along the lines of Spontaneous Mutism or any other term would better describe the trait.

[Gengarisspooky]

1. With the flushing toilets, the one I hated mostly was the airplane toilets where theyre super loud and messy, and it felt like it was sucking you into another dimension. I hated fireworks and abulances as well so loud.
2. I always rub my hand and wash them if they smell and feel wrong.
3. I had no issue with pretend play with the other kids because I just copied them. It's mainly based on a TV show and Movies like Pokémon. My cousin and I played a lot and got along very well and he is autistic so we played very well. It's hard for me to play with other kids, but I did well by myself with pretending. I had an imagination more as a kid but not as an adult. My toys never had names, but I did love naming trees. They aren't that social, I think.
4. In class we were told to draw what God looked like, and I couldn't do it because I didn't know, and I couldn't imagine it.
5. My eye contact has always been intense because I look into peoples eyes instead of the whole face so I get accused of staring a lot.

[WitchPaper]

So happy for you that you’re moving! The gossipy side of me is so excited to hear the dirt about your roommate if you still plan on dishing it!! 😆

[raylynne]

Your bath time/shower story really got to me. I always hated the bath too but then it was a nightmare trying to get me back out. I hated having my hair washed so much I have myself a black eye when I was maybe 3 because I threw my head back and then forward into the faucet trying to get my mom to stop. She thought I had damaged my eye it was so hard! I'm now 31 and I still sometimes cry when I have to shower. Same with brushing my teeth, I HATE the feeling of the toothpaste in my mouth and the bristles rubbing against my teeth and gums. I've been practicing being nicer to myself when it comes to that and not telling myself "you're a 31 year old grown adult, grow up and stop acting like a spoiled child" but it's still rough...

[aronyro]

thx 4 sharing. the constricting thing I have too. to this day I have no rings, never wore a tie, no jewellery, no wrist watch. and socks are a story of their own, I hate the ones with a band, but if it is to lose, it feels also wrong. I do sometimes use a belt, but really only if I have to. strangely enough I do like having a buff scarf. I think I like it when I can feel my body from a broad fabric, but hate it when it come from a thin thing.

[d.d.d.a.a.a.n.n.n]

I never realized I played differently until recently as an adult, hearing how typical kids' play is. Now I know why I was always bored and annoyed when my friends wanted to play pretend and I just wanted to sort their toys so I could find all the parts to a teaset or a match up the pairs of Barbie shoes (missing shoes from a pair were the worst) or when I went to the children's museum and there was a play supermarket, I wanted to stock the shelves and make it look real, not play a cashier or customer. I was always disappointed that there was never enough play food to actually fill shelves correctly. I also often didn't react to falling or getting hurt while playing as a toddler, so my mom used to joke about it, but looking back, I wonder if that was not that I didn't feel hurt, but that I had more important things to do than be distracted by being injured. Getting stuck was a totally different matter and there are lots of photos of me about to cry because I'm stuck after crawling into a tight spot

[Adhdorwhatever]

I have a hard time with faces too. People would say hi and I’m too embarrassed to ask them where I know them from.

[emilycatlady]

Hi Dana, I noticed you hadn’t been uploading and I just wanted to say I hope you’re doing okay this past week with moving and everything. Sending my best wishes ❤

[-shenanigans.]

Congrats on your new man-free space! Hope moving goes as smoothly as possible. I love your Grateful Dead t-shirt!

[Kiersin]

I hope your move went smoothly. The worst move I had was working nights and having to put a bed in a living room for a month, starting out with not knowing how long it was for. I couldn't sleep during the day because of the noise from the other people.

[serenabear]

I wouldnt like how loud the toilet flushing was as a kid, i also hated how loud the shower was when i first turned it on


also congrats on ur new place ! you seem genuinely excited and content and that's wonderful to see . it makes me feel maybe i can also get to that place one day where I feel things are looking up . thankyou for your videos !

[thhourencouragement]

You are delightful! Listening to you helps me understand my newly diagnosed 17 year old daughter. I’m happy for your new home!

[stephenie]

Knowing you found a place to move to on time that doesn’t horrify you really gives me hope for some reason. I will be homeless by the end of July if I don’t pull myself together and rally to get this all sorted out. But it was looking grim for you. And things are grim for me - the timing is just Awful. But you did it. I can do it, too.

[ness.ness.]

omg first of all congrats on finding a place!! hope the move goes smoothly :D i also had an imaginary friend who was a pre established character from a franchise i was obsessed with when i was 9-11 years old lol !!

[krisscott]

Glad for you that you've found a new place, best of luck to you and your new roommate and hoping it all goes as smoothly as possible :)

[centaurora]

btw, a term that has been suggested is verbal shutdown! altho going mute works well enough too!

[InTheOpines]

I struggle to remember details of my childhood but some of it trickles back into mind when I'm reflecting. I'm not sure if I had much of a social imagination myself but I know I didn't lack imagination in other things. I could think up alien worlds in detail and draw them out with the various creatures that lived there lol. Edit: I had to come back and add to this comment once I watched to the end. Congrats on nailing down a new place to move into! I hope the move itself goes quick and smooth.

[JAYSCHULBERG-bu]

I love your shirt Dana. I'm an old Dead Head from way back: think 1969 when I was 16 and hardly anyone had heard of the Dead outside of California and I was living in Minnesota. Have a great time in your new home adventure!

[jodimeadeblue]

“Social imagination”, did you make that up on the spot? Wow, that sums it up for me! When I went to kindergarten for my first school experience, I found it a rude awakening. I watched the other kids playing and I had no idea how to join in their pretend world, nor did I want to. The best part of my imagination was it was MY imagination. I thought the others played “baby games” and were loud, excitable and bossy. I withdrew into myself and at best I was an observer, but I was never a participant.