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I really do think I have autism, and I have done the research. I have friends who are autistic and I tend to share traits with them, but I'm just better at hiding them or "masking" them I guess, but I don't know how to bring it up with my parents and I'm scared that what if I really don't have autism and like I'm just gaslighting myself into thinking that I do have it??? Like what if I'm just thinking I have it only because I want to be "different" idk, I just feel so confused xd
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Gray
I have a friend who majors in psychology and one good advice he has for speculating mental disorders is "If you don't struggle with everyday life due to your traits you read about, then you don't met the criteria for having that illness" Since that's the point of a mental disorder, it disrupts your life.
I do tend to struggle in my day-to-day life with like social interactions and like not really knowing what the "right" thing to say is, and other symptoms of autism, since everyone around me seems to already know how to socialize properly and like I always get comments like "Try to be normal and make eye contact and try to say the "right" thing" But thank you for your reply! I'm just gonna do more research and think about it since I'm still stuck in this thought of "Is it anxiety or autism?" but thanks again for the reply!!
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i struggled for like months debating if i had it or not!! and then after more and more researching and debating I went ahead and decided i am autistic, and now That i say i am it defintally feels more right cuz of how much i struggled as a young kid, not understanding simple thingz lol, and even now I struggle with social cues and my own emotions :P