I have a few minor yet strong mental quirks, and I'm curious if there's a term for these patterns or if anyone else has something similar. THREAD:
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Resonates with my own autistic experience as well. I can't recall where, but I believe Aella identified somewhere that she is autistic. But I understand wanting to tease out if it's something else since autism is comorbid with so many different things.
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I haven't been diagnosed autistic but have had a lot of people tell me I am. My main hesitation around it is I don't seem to have quite the same level of sensory issues; while I am sometimes sensitive, usually I can tune out repetitive noises pretty well.
I mostly have 'episodes' of sensitivity, where sound and light and everything becomes bad and i have to retreat. I have a STRONG preference for comfortable clothes.
But for example one of my lights emits a high pitched whining which bothers me less than it has others.
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So one thing that comes into play here is the fact that you *have* to tune out noises. Most people don't worry about, didn't have to learn to do it.
Another thing: I didn't know how sensitive to sound I was until I realized that I got depressed/upset after loud noises in my 30s.
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I've gone in and out of thinking I am? I probably did reference myself as autistic; i often do it slightly tongue in cheek.
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