• I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.autism.place
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        Not acting like you’re interested

        lol! I used to think that everyone was acting normal in public, but really everyone was stereotypically autistic in private. Nope. Turns out that I’m stereotypically autistic in private and act normal in public, while everyone else is just normal all the time.

        NTs are not acting like they’re interested in the weather. It’s their cultural form of building social connections and assessing whether they want to get closer with said person. Also helps some of them be comfortable because they have difficulty with silence, as if something were wrong if no one was talking.

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          As a person without autism but with ADHD it’s fascinating how half of the traits I relate to but half of them are completely off

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            I have both and it’s absolutely wild when you have one side which hates order and needs constant chaos and an other side which needs strict rules and order

    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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      • Difficulty making and maintaining friendships, preferring to be alone
      • Difficulty understanding the emotions of others, accidentally being “blunt” or “rude”
      • Sticking to daily routines, being anxious when routines change
      • Anxious about social situations, overplanning all social interactions
      • Discomfort with eye contact