I know I'm dealing with autistic folks when social interaction makes me feel neurotypical
Seeing posts in my feed from this sub always has me feeling like: oh. Oh shit. No but. Oooooooohhhhhhhhh
This feeling is what put me on the path to discovering that I'm not just ADHD but AuADHD. It's nice to have a better understanding of why I act certain ways and being able to understand where I might get into bother with unhealthy coping strategies but, saying that it would have been nice to have the information before my 30s is a collosal understatement.
Social rules are made up by neurotypicals. I never signed a contract to be governed by them.
Ha! Good point
I may be neuro typical, who knows, and certainly introverted. There are so many annoying social rules, it's tiring. Also each social group has variations on it.
I never signed a contract to be born, or to die of old age. We don't always get to approve of the circumstances of life.
If I get along with someone for more than 30 minutes there's gotta be something wrong somewhere.
I have a coworker who always chooses me if she needs help or has to work with someone. I asked her why, hoping it wasn't a romantic reason. She said because I don't do a lot of small talk, I listen to her info dumps without cutting her off, unless it's questions to clarify, and I don't talk just to fill the silence. Basically she's comfortable being herself around me.
Me with ADD:
Thats exactly how it is for me. I see people stimming, getting stuck on topics or going down a rabbithole and thinj: that person sounds cool. :)
But yeah if I approach them and its easy, they're definitely npt NT.
Neurotypicals know you're autistic too, they just don't point it out because of social rules.
Yes they do.
Yeah, I am not always great at reading people, so I can almost guarantee I'd fail to detect another fellow autistic person.
i've never been able to pick up mannerisms from anyone.
i dont go to socialize so no
It's how I've met most of my friends xD
The autistic radar.
Yes, I've noticed that if I wonder whether someone is ND then they usually are. I wonder when I see a behaviour that looks... familiar. Even if it's just a picture, sometimes I can tell by the way they're posed or their expression. I asked my friend about her little cousin from a family photo once and she seemed shocked, because the family had been wondering the same thing!
Yes, but it doesn’t always occur to me why I find that particular person curious/interesting.
When I was little I liked the still ones. I could get along with them.
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