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I'm an undiagnosed, presumably autistic person. Pretending to be one makes me feel comfy womfy. (feddit.org)
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So. I was just wondering. I am not sure if I am an autist. But if i try to pretend I am, this thought feels kind of comfortable. I think thats because it feels like I can stop pretending to be someone else in so many areas since i always act upon learned and manifested observations about 'correct' human behaviour i made throughout my life. What do you guys think about that?

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[–] ski11erboi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I had a similar experience. The more I learned about autism the more excited I became about finally having an answer to all the things that didn't make sense the last 30+ years. After obsessing over articles and videos about how other people on the spectrum dealt with things like burnout and rage, I started to feel peace about who I was for the first time in my life. I went back and forth questioning whether or not I should get a formal diagnosis and ultimately made the decision not to for this one simple reason: It didn't matter. If the "solutions" that worked for autistic people worked for me, then everything else was just semantics.

If believing I was on the spectrum improved my quality of life, it didn't matter whether it was true or not.