Oh my lord, my mum went through hell and back to get me diagnosed, people told her she was the problem because most of the issues happening were at home, took nearly a year to get to a specialist, she took one look at me and sent me for autism diagnosis. I love my mum lol.
My 8 year old daughter has recently been diagnosed, it was such a struggle to get there, for anyone to believe us. Any tips to help me get on her level? And does CBD help?
Her: Autistic girls like directing things Me: Flash-back to almost every year of elementary school where I wrote whole plays that I convinced everyone in both classes to act out at recess
Not me doing the homeschooled equivalent growing up 😗 nah I could never try to direct whole movies on my 2ds and when rping get very pissed when people would break the logical rules and just try to set up a realistic life that was "too boring" for others to follow 🙃
The thing about language, the way that my therapist put it concisely (from all of my confused ramblings) was "you have a really good vocabulary and are perfectly able to speak, but you don't feel the connection to the words or feel like they're enough to express what you mean in that moment" which honestly, is the most relatable thing here for me
wow... that’s the most accurate description i’ve ever seen. i have such a hard time putting my actual feelings to words because even though i do have a large vocabulary, it just doesn’t seem like there’s any words that quite fit the emotion i’m describing.
@@CellGames2006 maybe because my writing skills are so much more developed than my speech, and it feels like I have more order when I type down words instead of when I speak. My brain sometimes goes "should I say this word first or that word after?" and if I fail to say the wrong word first I will be totally embarrassed and that will make it even more messed up. Sometimes I just say something very random if I don't have time to think what I want to say. I'm not diagnosed with anything but I sometimes wonder if I'm a little bit autistic.
Yup, that was me about two weeks ago. Dr. UA-cam is probably clustering you with your community based on interests and behavior patterns, which to be honest, has more information content than most psych evaluations. It's a heck of a ride, but isn't it a good thing to find others who have found solutions to problems you've been struggling with on your own?
@@pollywogpaints9786 You got lucky then. Neurogenic seizures, dystonia and dyspraxia can stick with a person for life. I have noticed, though, that neurological difficulties seem to mellow with age. Temple Grandin used to say she had "recovered" from autism but now it's fairly clear that a person's coping mechanisms just become more sophisticated with practice and experience. 20s seem to be the worst.
I’m 32 I self diagnosed around 29. You remind me so much of my younger self. I remember the joy, and the rush of my special interests. The way the light hit the air, the peace I felt stimming. I’ve been masking and misdiagnosed. I want to get back to that girl, the wiggly loud curious girl. I used to cry at home alone. Now I’m so numb. 😣
I rarely hear people mention the lining up thing. I have a photo from when I was maybe 2 of all my toys being in a straight line. I remember doing that all over the house and my parents thought it was "cute". Over the years all these things came up and now I'm 22, undiagnosed, and trying to survive. It's hard to talk to friends about. Adults think I'm a sensitive baby. Idk what to do. At least my ADHD husband gets me.
Me too, I'm always afraid people will think I'm a sensitive baby. Be kind to yourself. Self compassion is important. A supportive husband is good too, I have that too
As a little girl I would imitate my grandma’s friends trying to mask and fit in and I got in so much trouble one time for imitating an elderly man who had Parkinson’s disease 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Reminds me of that time I tried to imitate a cartoon character by not blinking when looking at others at the lunch table, got called out for staring, never did it again and was very afraid of doing it again.
@@Kitschune24 Reminds me of when I was very young (5-7?) and was reminded--constantly--by an old lady after every church service that I had said her elderly friend's face looked like "popcorn." I had no memory of this, but did not doubt her. Her harrassment went on for years. Finally, when I was a teen or young adult, she passed away. I asked my father, an Episcopal priest, if the relief I felt at her death meant I was a horrible person. He looked at me with immense compassion (for he had probably had to come to my rescue countless times when she'd corner me after church), and said, "No. It makes you human." My parents knew I was different, I think, but didn't know why. (It was not really discussed in New England in the 1960's and 1970's....)
I have been on antidepressants since I was 15. I got bullied, I didn’t know who I was,severe anxiety etc... I was finally diagnosed at 30 years old, 30! All because my son (who I had at 28) is on the spectrum. That led to my diagnosis because of his therapists noticing I’m also on the spectrum. Would have been awesome to have known that growing up 😂😭
Karly, What would you have done differently if you had been diagnosed earlier? Just learning that our 22yo daughter may be on spectrum. She's struggled since 14yo and it's been the typical therapy route for depression and anxiety and ADD. Just starting to look into support for Asperger's. Thank you for any advice.
Did you know there are what I call high energy and low energy autistics. The high energy ones tend to speak and move rather quickly and always seem to need to be busy doing something. They’re the ones that often get misdiagnosed with ADHD. Then there’s the low energy ones like me that will desperately try to do everything that’s expected but then collapse on the couch exhausted
This helped me so much with my oldest daughter. She has not been officially diagnosed, but we have struggled with the that because as you said, she has been compared to the more common boy traits. She has nearly everyone of these on this list, and you have helped me feel better about what path I need to take. In fact, the other day she told me it looked like a bright light was closing in while she was frustrated over her online school work (as you said, “Ms.Corona”). She has never had a seizure (at least not a large or noticeable one) but I’m wondering if that is a symptom. She has recently started doing crafts and other videos and such and I’ve noticed her confidence start to soar. Thank you for your inspiring and helpful video! 💕
I wasn't diagnosed until the 4th grade. (With Asperger's & ADHD) However, my parents knew I was on the spectrum from a very young age. In kindergarten, my teacher noticed how I was always alone on the playground, and whenever another student approached me to play with me, or to be friends, I would either ignore them, or say "Go away". She grew concerned, and called my parents. (As most young children don't have much of a introverted/ambiverted/extroverted sense yet, they mostly play with anyone.) Also, with the one friend I did have, we fought all the time. But still remained friends. Anyways, the school I was at didn't need much to get me an IEP and help from the resource staff. But when I moved the summer before 5th grade, I had a lot of trouble adjusting to my new school. Everyone was so different. I never masked much, and tended to just do what I liked. I never felt bad about wearing clothing an 8 year old would wear in Middle School, (such as a Pikachu hoodie with neon jeans and kids size tennis shoes) or for drawing all the time. My stims are what got me teased. But I still didn't hide them. It's still very hard for me to communicate, and understanding social ques is an issue.
I relate to that last point. My differences didn't start to show until was around 11/12. I think at that point the social pressures increase and the navigating social situations is more complicated. And that's why many of us start to really struggle in high school.
I'm still struggling with the thin line between being socially awkward and having a mild form of autism. I think some people, especially people who have gone their whole lives being socially awkward don't want to get diagnosed in fear of being told they're on the spectrum especially considering we've gone our whole lives trying to function as a "somewhat normal" member of society. Mental illness/disorders are considered taboo in my family and community. My mom didn't even want to admit that I needed antidepressants and anxiety meds. Against her wishes, I talked to my general doctor and got on them anyway. I get through work and classes having to communicate with people, but man it is a struggle. The mask is real 😣
I'm 21 and I got diagnosed, when I was 17. They didn't say I'm autistic per say, but rather on the spectrum, so I didn't think much about it. But wow, after watching this video, I realised, that all of those things 100% apply to me, especially the imagination part. I remember I used to "direct" imagination play all the time and got in trouble with other kids, because they didn't (understandably) like that. But since I wasn't diagnosed then, they just brushed it off as me just being a brat.
I relate to SO MUCH of this video. I was diagnosed with ADHD a couple of years ago (which is 100% a correct diagnosis), but my new therapist brought up that I show a lot of autistic traits as well (difficulty reading non-verbal social cues, sensory sensitivities, intense special interests, etc.). I also deal with anxiety that developed partially because I went undiagnosed, didn't understand myself, and had to mask in front of everyone except my parents and brother for so long. After doing a bunch of research, me being autistic as well as having ADHD makes a lot of sense. I'm hoping to get a neuropsychologist appointment next year to get evaluated since my therapist doesn't feel qualified to officially make a diagnosis.
Makes way more sense why it took so long for me to be diagnosed. During my childhood I literally forced myself to not stim and freak out when in overwhelming situations That now, I rarely stim unless I’m alone and in a really bad or good mind state. Since being diagnosed, I’m starting not mask it as much, as now I have a reason why these things happen.
Why do i relate to these so much?! Should i talk with my psichologist about this?- edit: talking about interests! I do love a lot animals but my main interest is art, just. Art. i'm making a bjd, i loooove paint, like a LOOOT, i love drawing and i like to sculpt too!! Aaa it's just so good for meeeeeee---- ok- i'll stap commenting-
Wow. Thanks cousin. Context: My cousin once asked me “Are you autistic?” I don’t have any issue with autistic but I was offended because I didn’t think that I had their unique brain. My cousin is also known for being the trouble maker so I thought he was just messing with me. Turns out maybe I am autistic. I’ve always excelled in academics but I’ve always liked to work alone. I was used to working alone since I’m the weirdo in my school but it’s still kinda sucked. I’m socially awkward and have trust issues. This comment made no sense but yeah, I tried.
This really stinks for me, my psychiatrist and doctor haven’t been helping me at all because they just take the symptoms of boys into account. Any tips?
I'm sorry for you. It makes me angry how narrowminded some "specialists" are. I was pretty lucky and the people that assesed me know about autism in girls/ women. It might help giving them a list of autism traits in girls in general and which traits you have. Samantha Craft has a good one: the-art-of-autism.com/females-and-aspergers-a-checklist/. There are others out there. If that doesn't help I would search for a psychiatrist/ psychologist with experience with girls/ women.
I was diagnosed recently at 25 yrs old after speculating if I should bring it up with my therapists for a good year. I ended up showing him the video that I found that initially led me to realise that I was autistic. (Tony Atwoods video about girls and Aspergers) That is what got him to listen/understand where I was coming from and led him to actually giving me the diagnosis that I needed. Maybe instead of trying explain it to your therapist yourself, you could show him/tell him about any videos you think might be helpful for them to understand a little better. Something they can watch on their own time and they can come to the conclusion themselves. Not gonna lie I was worried about whether or not it would work but luckily my therapist was actually watched the video and even went on to watch more videos about autism and how it presents differently in girls, and i guess he finally saw what I was talking about and diagnosed me with ASD. It was an emotional rollercoaster and I was terrified that he still wouldn't listen, but it ended up working out in the end. Anyways hopefully this made sense and is helpful in some way. I also have alexithymia so I struggle with getting my point across sometimes, but I hope this makes sense.
Oh yeah and if any of that doesn't work, Elena is right. You may need to find someone else. Something my parents tell me all the time might help. "Your doctors work for YOU! So if they are not being helpful then you can fire them and find a different doctor." No sense in continuing to pay someone who is deliberately not doing you any good.
I wish it was easier to get evaluated. I’ve been trying to see someone for years but it’s so expensive. I am 28 and finding it very hard to find help. Also I’ve been diagnosed with everything else they could label me to the point where It’s effecting me getting a real diagnoses. Any advice?
OMG I am a 28 year oold woman and I was diagnosed just the last year. I remember one of the many reasons I did not get a diagnosis before was because when I was a kid I had "too much imagination for an autistic child". And that was because I liked to make movies with my dinosaurs and there was a story and a script and my younger sister used to get so bored with my games that she usually destroyed the "set" and that made me have serious "tantrums". Well now I see, the specialists were wrong about the imagination part.
I'm autistic (aspergers) too and can relate to these traits and I can mask my emotions really well and I have an extreme passion for history of all kinds including religion health and know most medical terms than what medical students know in their first few years of medical school. My last major sizure was when I was 6 years old.
I was diagnosed with autism when I was 2 years old. I am a female. I also was diagnosed with OCD (at age 2), anxiety (at age 7), depression (at age 15, or age 16), and I think I may have ADHD and dyslexia. I am currently 21.
My child has recently found out they have ASD and ADHD and they are 17. All of these points are relevant especially the “directing games”. I couldn’t understand why they would play this way and often said “just play the game. You don’t have to tell the others how to play”. Thank you for your videos hun because with your help, I’ve been able to understand what they’ve gone through, being diagnosed so late, a little more. Also you’ve helped me not feel so guilty for not seeing the symptoms earlier.
I love this, as an autistic girl who is also Aussie! Your videos make me so happy, I feel represented and safe. And your energy makes me so happy 😊 I feel normal.
The language delay, speech skills , having other people talking for them, not knowing how to talk in conversations, being painfully selfaware.. depression and anxiety.. cant make friends.. god i relate to it so much
Chloe, as always your videos are very educational and fun:)!!!! I so LOVE your rainbow halter tube top:)!! You look so nice with your curly hair extensions too:)!! Although I am not autistic, I too like the Arts and I LOVE Animals:)!! Also, as for "masking"... "Conceal, don't feel" is something that I experienced surviving being bullied in school, but the good that came out of it is that I really enjoyed Acting and Theater as a result:). Hence, My Church believes "our Lord bends evil into good". Thanks for sharing this awesome video:)!! I pray that You and Your Family are well and safe:)!!!!
"Difficulty making friends" me remembering the first day of school: I'll tell my first day on school, don't worry 🦃✋ i just got there and i was SO, SO, *SO OVERWHELMED* and a loud sound just made me start crying, it was so bad ;-; so loud and- aaaaaa-- and then an adult hugged me and guided me to my classroom and i was still crying because i was really really really overwhelmed and i was SHOCC then a girl looked at me and said "don't worry, we all are idiots! You shouldn't be overwhelmed ^^" and it somehow helped me- and the other did the pat pat on my sholder and that's how i made a friend :] yay?- i should't be talking about my personal life doe ;-; but i'll do it anyway ahahhahhjhh--
I have a lot of these traits and others and feel that I could be on the spectrum but haven’t been diagnosed yet. I am 37. I really love your videos thank you for sharing your experience
THAT BACKGROUND THOUGH THE HARRY STYLES PICTURES AND THE LEAVES IT'S BEAUTIFUL and I think you really look like Hailee Steinfeld - does anyone else see that?!
I struggle with a lot of other mental illnesses (im diagnosed with major depressive disorder, adhd, anxiety, and ocd traits) and I've had peers tell me I might be on the spectrum but I'm like nah cuz im not diagnosed but all of these traits besides seizures hit really close to home so thank you for this video because I might bring it up with my therapist and psychiatrist
You do speak very fast. I do too and it has been pointed out a lot, which has made me very self conscious about it. And as a female with autism and adhd I do not rely on females as I do not go well with other females. I am however someone who goes well with male friends, so I have a bunch of them and they do speak for me quite often when they realize that someone else is misunderstanding me, or unable to understand what I wanted to say. They know me very well and I feel very comfortable when they do that.
I relate to some of these.. I have social anxiety and my therapist thinks I might also have depression... Can I say that I love you flower crown? It makes me so happy!! I really love flowers and I want to start wearing flower crowns ^^
I relate so much to this, most people i meet are really surprised with i tell them im autistic and always say "you dont look autistic" and im just like....thank you? My mum still wont accept that im autistic and always tells me im just shy and quirky
My 10yo daughter fit all of these... She got diagnosed at 6yo, prob because she also had delayed speach! Idt she would've been caught otherwise. I think it's really good since it lets us support her and hopefully avoid to much depression tbh.
As someone with adhd i relate to a lot of imagination and making scenes that’s what i was playin most of my childhood. And drawin hours spent drawin always been into arts and animals. I do bottle up emotions but i do it everywhere and then explode at the smallest thing. I’ve always been rather shy but it’s more out of insecurity. Like if i’m in a group with “shy ppl” and basically “not the cool kids” i am really confident outgoing and bossy maybe the most in there but if i’m with the popular kids i am shy bcuz i’m insecure. I’ve always been confident in small groups but insecure and drained in big groups. I mask a bit in a way i tryna not talk much outside ppl i am comfortable with bcuz i know i am impulsive and have 0 self control and talk too much so i don’t wanna appear awkward. I also tend to zone out a lot and miss conversations and ques and have trouble with payin attention.I know i’m not on the spectrum bcuz i don’t really use a formal vocabulary” and though i was bullied in the elementary and didn’t have friends it was kind of “my fault in a way” like I was always chasing the popular crowd and got into the popular crowd and they bullied me really bad all elementary school long which left me with some sort of trauma(like i haven’t told anyone about bullying bcuz i’m too proud for opening up) like i have no problem making friends i have trouble Keeping them bcuz as they get to know me better i kind of “push them away” bcuz i’m afraid they don’t like me
Like i’ve always been more immature than my peers thou. I never discussed guys and so on with my peers bcuz i was scared of them laughing at me and never dated i’m 17 and never dated bcuz i am too insecure to approach the guys i like and tend to friendzone them or if a guy approaches me i’m like “wtf do u want”
I was diagnosed as being on the spectrum when I was 10/11 years old. The only reason for this was because my mom knew there was something different about me from a young age and fought for years to get me a diagnosis of sorts. I probably have a mix of typically male and female traits; I do mask to extent, but not to the point of concealing my whole personality; I love both science and creative interests, including astronomy, biology, video games, art, writing, roleplay, etc.; I get overstimulated by too many sources of sound and get anxious very easily; and I've always been advanced in vocabulary and limited in ways to communicate. I'm far from shy, however, except with complete strangers and people of authority (I usually warm up after an hour or so). It's just really cool to see the way it manifests in people, both men and women. :D
@@richiemcconnochie2506 It's not possible to "cure" ADHD. Please don't spread your links like this, it's highly suspicious at worst and confusing at best.
No I will not stop ever...it's real and I am the first to discover this..it would be evil of me not to share..u do as u please ..that's fine...good luck..next time watch them ..if u can't then that's your choice..
I strongly relate to all of these (except #9) and I’ve been doing research on Autism for about three years now, but I’m way to scared to talk to parents. I don’t want them to think I’m just looking for attention. My counselor doesn’t really understand how much I’m struggling, so now I’m kind of stuck. Does anyone know what I can do?
Maybe on your next Dr. visit, bring it up to Dr. and ask for how to get support, also your school counselor and school nurse. There may be a support group in your town for Autism/Asperger's. I hope your parents will listen but if not, you can still do research like on UA-cam and learn from others. I wish you well.
There is a book on amazon called Butterfly in the Water that you might like to read. It has girls in it ;) It is about five people with autism lost in the wilderness after a plane crash. They are with this strange pilot and two teachers. They have to try and rescue themselves. It is an action adventure story with fate, destiny, humour, romance and tragedy. They sort of become heroes and I like that.
this was so helpful because my psychiatrist told me I wasn’t autistic because I didn’t act like sheldon. but I think I fall strongly under masking and lots of female autistic traits. asking someone about their activities is so unnatural to me
What’s so crazy is I relate to A LOT of these traits, but a few years ago when I was in a mental help hospital I don’t believe I really showed those traits while there. And I feel as though I’ve been misdiagnosed with some of my diagnoses; But idk how to find out or go about trying to find out.
Im am never been diagnosed and I am 31, With this it makes more clear I have autism. Thank you for doing this! I knew for quite a while I have autism, but this makes so much sense now, when I was a kid/teenager.
@Raining Planets There sare just too many signs that I see, that I have autism, plus a very good friend of mine is diagnosed that has autism and I trust her, she said I have it. I am just like her. To me, you don't have to be diagnosed, to know you have autism.
@Raining Planets What you say is true. But I take autism seriously. I know for sure what I have, I dont need to go to a ASD specialist. That is my own opinion. If others want to know really for sure if they have autism, its their choice to go there. Like I said earlier. My very good friend is diagnosed with autism, she has similiar traits like I do. But who knows, maybe in the future I gonna go to a specialist, if I wanna do that.
This video was really interesting. I recognised some traits my 7 1/2 years old daughter has (advanced language but struggles with communication, directing the plays, wild imagination, has a passion for insects, animals and rocks, anxiety). She got a provisional autism diagnosis which will be confirmed in a year or so after she receives some services.
Although I am only in the process of getting diagnosed, I can say that masking is truly difficult and very anxiety provoking when you're also a closeted trans girl.
Her: Autistic girls like directing things Me: **Flashback to 3rd and 4th grade when I created a whole pretend game where everyone had to play their own character and had specific powers and I got mad when they didn't play with the rules I created**
im watching this because i've really been questioning if i might be autistic but im too scared to ask my psychiatrist about it because i dont know how she would react and also i feel like a bad person due to it
Oh, I used to do that with make believe games as a child too! And I would direct my friends into their roles and names haha. It was the only way I would play. I had no idea that was a trait. Also I had trouble making/keeping friends, masking, delayed adolescence/but still skipped a year of school, and had seizures when I was younger. Time to go get that assessment?
I might have autism my counciler was talking about it. But I love watching stuff that has light or sound triggers because I can handle it and I love colours and I developed really quickly so.. I’m not really sure :D
I’ve been diagnosed with ocd, severe clinical depression, severe anxiety, adhd, Anne have been told I was faking all said mental illnesses because I’ve been bullied so severely for exposing said traits. I’m 12 years old. I’ve been studying autism for 2 years and fit almost all stereotypes of autism. How can I ask my parents to get a diagnosis for me? I’m nervous they won’t believe me. I feel alienated. Can you please help me ? Thank you
Honestly I'm leaning to find out I'm might actually be on a spectrum and it would be mild if I was. Growing up I didnt really talk much unless I confortable with people. But I call it I dont have mental filter. I cant pick up on social cues at all. I cant tell when people are joking or being serious, I dont know when to jump into a conversation, when i should stop talking, should talk, when I should leave it alone. I can't make eye contact and very shy. People would have to talk for me, order for me, explain what people mean in a conversation now I have to over explained bc when I do that short sentence I confuse people. I've learn to get by in as I got older. I thought I was just OCD bc things had to be certain way like they had to be lined up certainly. But I'm going back into and talking with doctors but I think their gonna blame it on anxiety. But this video does help oh and I have high function anxiety and high function depression
My mom literally told me at 15 that she had me tested for autism when I was like 2 or 3 and I was borderline autistic as she put it. I never believed her because there's literally no record of it, and everything I knew about autism was from a male perspective. Now I'm 25 and learning more about autism in women and like... Holy sh* she might not have been lying because??? I swear it makes so much sense, like me my life my perception: everything makes sense if I just look at it from "yeah I'm on the spectrum" perspective.
I was diagnosed initially as having both bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive personality disorder. Doctors will say it’s a million different things before they will say it’s autism. I look back at my childhood and wonder why so many people around me never noticed I was clearly autistic.
DISNEYDREAM HEART If your NT no, if your on spectrum yes because some not all, Disney was a way identifying and understanding the NT world in childhood and the nostalgia if you have a aspergers profile can happen in adulthood.
I feel like I have Autism and have shown almost all of these signs. I've spoke to mom, but she doesn't believe me and seems adamant that I don't have Autism. I haven't been diagnosed and I'm 19. My friends (most are autistic) say that I do have Autism. Also, I'm trans and was born a girl, but I am a trans boy, but I have shown a lot of signs of Autism. I've also done some online tests for Autism and scored quite high. Any advice? Sorry for the long comment.
I am using your videos to help broach the topic of autism with my mom who I’m prettttty sure may be autistic. Ty Aspien creators on TikTok and UA-cam for helping me understand Autism in girls and possibly help me understand my own mom. We’ll see if she actually is but man does this make fucking sense.
I ❤️ all of ur energy & enthusiasm, so much that substribed to ur channel to 👀 how u discribe having autism. I believe that I have autism, so that I am coming to get an evaluation. Sending lots of 🤗 & ❤️ to u.
I've read somewhere that some people on the autism spectrum may actually have a very high emotional intelligence? Like, we can read people's emotions very well, hence why some autistic people are HSPs and/or empaths? Because I've been wondering if I am on the autism spectrum for a while now but I've been telling myself there's no way I can be autistic because I'm an empath. But it's really weird because...when it comes to high emotions, I can sense them on people very quickly and very deeply. But social cues? Don't know her.
I used to spend HOURS AND HOURS playing with pennies. I would count them, organise them by size, colour and amount. And then I would make elaborate patterns on the floor before spending it all on bubblegum.
I think girls in general are taught social cues and interaction from a very young age, sometime to the point of being forced, in a way boys aren't. show what a pretty smile you have, give great aunt bertha a hug and kiss on the cheek kinda thing.
A lot of the ppl in my family are on the spectrum and like now I’m starting to discover that maybe I haven’t been a useless emotionless robot of a human being all this time but I am on the spectrum 😳 I had a really hard time in my life with consent where it was very hard for me to say no to anything which was really dangerous and I cannot bring myself to speak to ppl I care about at all, not bc I don’t care but bc it is emotionally exhausting. I am so good at masking, I’m normally the center of attention and then when I get home I wanna die 💀 I want to get diagnosed bc I think it would be helpful to me after hating myself all this time and wondering why I couldn’t just be like other ppl. I am extremely smart and well spoken (the only thing I can brag about) I get bored easily, have depression and anxiety, have frequent breakdowns 😗 I can’t keep friends and the ones I do have understand that it’s hard for me to maintain communication. Voices and people talking, breathing, moving irritates me so much. Idk what to do tbh.
Oh my lord, my mum went through hell and back to get me diagnosed, people told her she was the problem because most of the issues happening were at home, took nearly a year to get to a specialist, she took one look at me and sent me for autism diagnosis. I love my mum lol.
Outcasted Autistic oh geese I don’t rember for me cause I was three but it definitely wasn’t that hard
My mom got me tested as a child, for my IQ, and since it was 143 they said I was just shy
mine was the same way :) i’m glad she knew me so well. i was able to get extra help in school by having the official paperwork.
You’re lucky, my mom could care less.
My 8 year old daughter has recently been diagnosed, it was such a struggle to get there, for anyone to believe us. Any tips to help me get on her level? And does CBD help?
Her: Autistic girls like directing things
Me: Flash-back to almost every year of elementary school where I wrote whole plays that I convinced everyone in both classes to act out at recess
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SAME OOPS
That’s brilliant
MEEEE!!!! I did this toooooo omlll
Not me doing the homeschooled equivalent growing up 😗 nah I could never try to direct whole movies on my 2ds and when rping get very pissed when people would break the logical rules and just try to set up a realistic life that was "too boring" for others to follow 🙃
The thing about language, the way that my therapist put it concisely (from all of my confused ramblings) was "you have a really good vocabulary and are perfectly able to speak, but you don't feel the connection to the words or feel like they're enough to express what you mean in that moment" which honestly, is the most relatable thing here for me
wow... that’s the most accurate description i’ve ever seen. i have such a hard time putting my actual feelings to words because even though i do have a large vocabulary, it just doesn’t seem like there’s any words that quite fit the emotion i’m describing.
Try..ua-cam.com/video/jtNkoWzXD14/v-deo.html
Wow I feel the same! I can't barely put a sentence together. It will just come out wrong when I speak. But I write better than excellent!
@@liene93 Why written words but not spoken words?
@@CellGames2006 maybe because my writing skills are so much more developed than my speech, and it feels like I have more order when I type down words instead of when I speak. My brain sometimes goes "should I say this word first or that word after?" and if I fail to say the wrong word first I will be totally embarrassed and that will make it even more messed up. Sometimes I just say something very random if I don't have time to think what I want to say. I'm not diagnosed with anything but I sometimes wonder if I'm a little bit autistic.
me watching this is realize I have ALL of these traits: well what the hell we gunna do now
Yup, that was me about two weeks ago. Dr. UA-cam is probably clustering you with your community based on interests and behavior patterns, which to be honest, has more information content than most psych evaluations. It's a heck of a ride, but isn't it a good thing to find others who have found solutions to problems you've been struggling with on your own?
@@josiah42 I 1000% agree :)
@@pollywogpaints9786 You got lucky then. Neurogenic seizures, dystonia and dyspraxia can stick with a person for life. I have noticed, though, that neurological difficulties seem to mellow with age. Temple Grandin used to say she had "recovered" from autism but now it's fairly clear that a person's coping mechanisms just become more sophisticated with practice and experience. 20s seem to be the worst.
Yeah, same here. Maybe I really am on the spectrum.
I was watching this because of my toddler girl and realized I have many traits to, so now what??!!
I’m 32
I self diagnosed around 29.
You remind me so much of my younger self.
I remember the joy, and the rush of my special interests. The way the light hit the air, the peace I felt stimming.
I’ve been masking and misdiagnosed.
I want to get back to that girl, the wiggly loud curious girl. I used to cry at home alone.
Now I’m so numb.
😣
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36 here adhd and asd
I rarely hear people mention the lining up thing. I have a photo from when I was maybe 2 of all my toys being in a straight line. I remember doing that all over the house and my parents thought it was "cute".
Over the years all these things came up and now I'm 22, undiagnosed, and trying to survive. It's hard to talk to friends about. Adults think I'm a sensitive baby. Idk what to do. At least my ADHD husband gets me.
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Me too, I'm always afraid people will think I'm a sensitive baby. Be kind to yourself. Self compassion is important. A supportive husband is good too, I have that too
As a little girl I would imitate my grandma’s friends trying to mask and fit in and I got in so much trouble one time for imitating an elderly man who had Parkinson’s disease 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Reminds me of that time I tried to imitate a cartoon character by not blinking when looking at others at the lunch table, got called out for staring, never did it again and was very afraid of doing it again.
@@Kitschune24 Reminds me of when I was very young (5-7?) and was reminded--constantly--by an old lady after every church service that I had said her elderly friend's face looked like "popcorn." I had no memory of this, but did not doubt her. Her harrassment went on for years. Finally, when I was a teen or young adult, she passed away. I asked my father, an Episcopal priest, if the relief I felt at her death meant I was a horrible person. He looked at me with immense compassion (for he had probably had to come to my rescue countless times when she'd corner me after church), and said, "No. It makes you human." My parents knew I was different, I think, but didn't know why. (It was not really discussed in New England in the 1960's and 1970's....)
that is hilarious 😂😂
I have been on antidepressants since I was 15. I got bullied, I didn’t know who I was,severe anxiety etc... I was finally diagnosed at 30 years old, 30! All because my son (who I had at 28) is on the spectrum. That led to my diagnosis because of his therapists noticing I’m also on the spectrum. Would have been awesome to have known that growing up 😂😭
Karly,
What would you have done differently if you had been diagnosed earlier? Just learning that our 22yo daughter may be on spectrum. She's struggled since 14yo and it's been the typical therapy route for depression and anxiety and ADD. Just starting to look into support for Asperger's. Thank you for any advice.
I love how fast you talk! Mostly cause its the same way I talk 😂
Did you know there are what I call high energy and low energy autistics. The high energy ones tend to speak and move rather quickly and always seem to need to be busy doing something. They’re the ones that often get misdiagnosed with ADHD. Then there’s the low energy ones like me that will desperately try to do everything that’s expected but then collapse on the couch exhausted
Dancestar1981 I feel like I go from being far on one end of that and then far to the other end all in a couple hours
She's a mercury dragon in disguise. My fellow D&D family will understand.
Same lol. If I talk about something I’m interested in, I will speak super fast! (But it’s noticeable if I’m bored, unless masking)
This helped me so much with my oldest daughter. She has not been officially diagnosed, but we have struggled with the that because as you said, she has been compared to the more common boy traits. She has nearly everyone of these on this list, and you have helped me feel better about what path I need to take. In fact, the other day she told me it looked like a bright light was closing in while she was frustrated over her online school work (as you said, “Ms.Corona”). She has never had a seizure (at least not a large or noticeable one) but I’m wondering if that is a symptom. She has recently started doing crafts and other videos and such and I’ve noticed her confidence start to soar. Thank you for your inspiring and helpful video! 💕
I wasn't diagnosed until the 4th grade. (With Asperger's & ADHD) However, my parents knew I was on the spectrum from a very young age. In kindergarten, my teacher noticed how I was always alone on the playground, and whenever another student approached me to play with me, or to be friends, I would either ignore them, or say "Go away". She grew concerned, and called my parents. (As most young children don't have much of a introverted/ambiverted/extroverted sense yet, they mostly play with anyone.) Also, with the one friend I did have, we fought all the time. But still remained friends. Anyways, the school I was at didn't need much to get me an IEP and help from the resource staff. But when I moved the summer before 5th grade, I had a lot of trouble adjusting to my new school. Everyone was so different. I never masked much, and tended to just do what I liked. I never felt bad about wearing clothing an 8 year old would wear in Middle School, (such as a Pikachu hoodie with neon jeans and kids size tennis shoes) or for drawing all the time. My stims are what got me teased. But I still didn't hide them. It's still very hard for me to communicate, and understanding social ques is an issue.
I also have Anxiety Disorder
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Everyone tells me I "want to be oppressed", thank you for making me feel like being me is okay.
I relate to that last point. My differences didn't start to show until was around 11/12.
I think at that point the social pressures increase and the navigating social situations is more complicated. And that's why many of us start to really struggle in high school.
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@@richiemcconnochie2506 stop sharing bullshit. ADHD cant be cured.
Wrong but u will find out..
@@richiemcconnochie2506 stop with your bullshit. I've not got time for that
@@shannonking8298 see making judgements before u know the facts..good luck..
I feel a lot less stupid and unwanted knowing that these are common traits.
This was spot on!
My daughter is 15 and has very recently been diagnosed
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I'm still struggling with the thin line between being socially awkward and having a mild form of autism. I think some people, especially people who have gone their whole lives being socially awkward don't want to get diagnosed in fear of being told they're on the spectrum especially considering we've gone our whole lives trying to function as a "somewhat normal" member of society. Mental illness/disorders are considered taboo in my family and community. My mom didn't even want to admit that I needed antidepressants and anxiety meds. Against her wishes, I talked to my general doctor and got on them anyway. I get through work and classes having to communicate with people, but man it is a struggle. The mask is real 😣
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I'm 21 and I got diagnosed, when I was 17. They didn't say I'm autistic per say, but rather on the spectrum, so I didn't think much about it. But wow, after watching this video, I realised, that all of those things 100% apply to me, especially the imagination part. I remember I used to "direct" imagination play all the time and got in trouble with other kids, because they didn't (understandably) like that. But since I wasn't diagnosed then, they just brushed it off as me just being a brat.
I relate to SO MUCH of this video. I was diagnosed with ADHD a couple of years ago (which is 100% a correct diagnosis), but my new therapist brought up that I show a lot of autistic traits as well (difficulty reading non-verbal social cues, sensory sensitivities, intense special interests, etc.). I also deal with anxiety that developed partially because I went undiagnosed, didn't understand myself, and had to mask in front of everyone except my parents and brother for so long.
After doing a bunch of research, me being autistic as well as having ADHD makes a lot of sense. I'm hoping to get a neuropsychologist appointment next year to get evaluated since my therapist doesn't feel qualified to officially make a diagnosis.
Makes way more sense why it took so long for me to be diagnosed.
During my childhood I literally forced myself to not stim and freak out when in overwhelming situations
That now, I rarely stim unless I’m alone and in a really bad or good mind state.
Since being diagnosed, I’m starting not mask it as much, as now I have a reason why these things happen.
Why do i relate to these so much?! Should i talk with my psichologist about this?-
edit: talking about interests! I do love a lot animals but my main interest is art, just. Art.
i'm making a bjd, i loooove paint, like a LOOOT, i love drawing and i like to sculpt too!! Aaa it's just so good for meeeeeee----
ok- i'll stap commenting-
Wait,you are making your own bjd, I love those dolls, Do you have a tutorial that I can follow.
I'm so happy u came to my school in Ireland u have inspired me
Wow. Thanks cousin. Context: My cousin once asked me “Are you autistic?” I don’t have any issue with autistic but I was offended because I didn’t think that I had their unique brain. My cousin is also known for being the trouble maker so I thought he was just messing with me. Turns out maybe I am autistic.
I’ve always excelled in academics but I’ve always liked to work alone. I was used to working alone since I’m the weirdo in my school but it’s still kinda sucked. I’m socially awkward and have trust issues.
This comment made no sense but yeah, I tried.
This really stinks for me, my psychiatrist and doctor haven’t been helping me at all because they just take the symptoms of boys into account. Any tips?
I'm sorry for you. It makes me angry how narrowminded some "specialists" are. I was pretty lucky and the people that assesed me know about autism in girls/ women. It might help giving them a list of autism traits in girls in general and which traits you have. Samantha Craft has a good one: the-art-of-autism.com/females-and-aspergers-a-checklist/. There are others out there. If that doesn't help I would search for a psychiatrist/ psychologist with experience with girls/ women.
I was diagnosed recently at 25 yrs old after speculating if I should bring it up with my therapists for a good year. I ended up showing him the video that I found that initially led me to realise that I was autistic. (Tony Atwoods video about girls and Aspergers) That is what got him to listen/understand where I was coming from and led him to actually giving me the diagnosis that I needed. Maybe instead of trying explain it to your therapist yourself, you could show him/tell him about any videos you think might be helpful for them to understand a little better. Something they can watch on their own time and they can come to the conclusion themselves.
Not gonna lie I was worried about whether or not it would work but luckily my therapist was actually watched the video and even went on to watch more videos about autism and how it presents differently in girls, and i guess he finally saw what I was talking about and diagnosed me with ASD.
It was an emotional rollercoaster and I was terrified that he still wouldn't listen, but it ended up working out in the end.
Anyways hopefully this made sense and is helpful in some way. I also have alexithymia so I struggle with getting my point across sometimes, but I hope this makes sense.
Oh yeah and if any of that doesn't work, Elena is right. You may need to find someone else. Something my parents tell me all the time might help. "Your doctors work for YOU! So if they are not being helpful then you can fire them and find a different doctor." No sense in continuing to pay someone who is deliberately not doing you any good.
Find a clinical psychologist who specialises in women in the spectrum
Momiji101 Tony Atwood is a legend in the field of Autism
this is probably the most helpful video i have come across after watching tons of others and reading multiple articles. thank you for this :)
I wish it was easier to get evaluated. I’ve been trying to see someone for years but it’s so expensive. I am 28 and finding it very hard to find help. Also I’ve been diagnosed with everything else they could label me to the point where It’s effecting me getting a real diagnoses. Any advice?
OMG I am a 28 year oold woman and I was diagnosed just the last year. I remember one of the many reasons I did not get a diagnosis before was because when I was a kid I had "too much imagination for an autistic child". And that was because I liked to make movies with my dinosaurs and there was a story and a script and my younger sister used to get so bored with my games that she usually destroyed the "set" and that made me have serious "tantrums". Well now I see, the specialists were wrong about the imagination part.
I have asd and its a mixed bag between male and female symptoms for me. Well done on your vids💖
It's a mix for me as well.
I'm autistic (aspergers) too and can relate to these traits and I can mask my emotions really well and I have an extreme passion for history of all kinds including religion health and know most medical terms than what medical students know in their first few years of medical school. My last major sizure was when I was 6 years old.
I was diagnosed with autism when I was 2 years old. I am a female. I also was diagnosed with OCD (at age 2), anxiety (at age 7), depression (at age 15, or age 16), and I think I may have ADHD and dyslexia. I am currently 21.
This confirms my suspicions ☺️
My child has recently found out they have ASD and ADHD and they are 17. All of these points are relevant especially the “directing games”. I couldn’t understand why they would play this way and often said “just play the game. You don’t have to tell the others how to play”. Thank you for your videos hun because with your help, I’ve been able to understand what they’ve gone through, being diagnosed so late, a little more. Also you’ve helped me not feel so guilty for not seeing the symptoms earlier.
I love this, as an autistic girl who is also Aussie! Your videos make me so happy, I feel represented and safe. And your energy makes me so happy 😊 I feel normal.
The language delay, speech skills , having other people talking for them, not knowing how to talk in conversations, being painfully selfaware.. depression and anxiety.. cant make friends.. god i relate to it so much
I love you so much your videos is the only thing that keeps me going you’re the only one that’s not talking about tge virus all the time
Broad imagination but not wanting to play cooperatively is super relatable
Chloe, as always your videos are very educational and fun:)!!!! I so LOVE your rainbow halter tube top:)!! You look so nice with your curly hair extensions too:)!! Although I am not autistic, I too like the Arts and I LOVE Animals:)!! Also, as for "masking"... "Conceal, don't feel" is something that I experienced surviving being bullied in school, but the good that came out of it is that I really enjoyed Acting and Theater as a result:). Hence, My Church believes "our Lord bends evil into good". Thanks for sharing this awesome video:)!! I pray that You and Your Family are well and safe:)!!!!
Theatre and Music are safe havens for autistics we are able to express our emotions more successfully in these ways than just by words alone
Even though I'm an autistic boy I do relate to some of these traits a lot especially the last one. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Oh my God... What you said about "directing"... I used to direct so many scenes with my younger siblings.
"Difficulty making friends"
me remembering the first day of school:
I'll tell my first day on school, don't worry 🦃✋
i just got there and i was SO, SO, *SO OVERWHELMED*
and a loud sound just made me start crying, it was so bad ;-; so loud and- aaaaaa--
and then an adult hugged me and guided me to my classroom and i was still crying because i was really really really overwhelmed and i was SHOCC
then a girl looked at me and said "don't worry, we all are idiots! You shouldn't be overwhelmed ^^"
and it somehow helped me-
and the other did the pat pat on my sholder and that's how i made a friend :] yay?-
i should't be talking about my personal life doe ;-;
but i'll do it anyway ahahhahhjhh--
I have a lot of these traits and others and feel that I could be on the spectrum but haven’t been diagnosed yet. I am 37. I really love your videos thank you for sharing your experience
THAT BACKGROUND THOUGH
THE HARRY STYLES PICTURES AND THE LEAVES
IT'S BEAUTIFUL
and I think you really look like Hailee Steinfeld - does anyone else see that?!
I struggle with a lot of other mental illnesses (im diagnosed with major depressive disorder, adhd, anxiety, and ocd traits) and I've had peers tell me I might be on the spectrum but I'm like nah cuz im not diagnosed but all of these traits besides seizures hit really close to home so thank you for this video because I might bring it up with my therapist and psychiatrist
My special interests is storytelling and many things related to it. Cartoons, TV shows, writing, composing, drawing comics...
My obcession IS Frozen and I literally cried when you mentioned Elsa. Thanks :')
I’m so excited for summer cuz I don’t have to mask at home,so I won’t experience as much burnout or meltdowns:)
I've literally never met you or seen you before but I think I'm gonna follow you, I absolutely love your energy tbh
You do speak very fast. I do too and it has been pointed out a lot, which has made me very self conscious about it.
And as a female with autism and adhd I do not rely on females as I do not go well with other females. I am however someone who goes well with male friends, so I have a bunch of them and they do speak for me quite often when they realize that someone else is misunderstanding me, or unable to understand what I wanted to say. They know me very well and I feel very comfortable when they do that.
Wow ! What a Energy !!!
I love you Chloe, you are bubbly and fun, stay fabulous my dear Princess aspien
I relate to some of these..
I have social anxiety and my therapist thinks I might also have depression...
Can I say that I love you flower crown? It makes me so happy!! I really love flowers and I want to start wearing flower crowns ^^
I relate so much to this, most people i meet are really surprised with i tell them im autistic and always say "you dont look autistic" and im just like....thank you? My mum still wont accept that im autistic and always tells me im just shy and quirky
My 10yo daughter fit all of these... She got diagnosed at 6yo, prob because she also had delayed speach! Idt she would've been caught otherwise. I think it's really good since it lets us support her and hopefully avoid to much depression tbh.
Oh my gosh, I love your aesthetic: flowers in your hair and the ivy climatis 🥰
As someone with adhd i relate to a lot of imagination and making scenes that’s what i was playin most of my childhood. And drawin hours spent drawin always been into arts and animals. I do bottle up emotions but i do it everywhere and then explode at the smallest thing. I’ve always been rather shy but it’s more out of insecurity. Like if i’m in a group with “shy ppl” and basically “not the cool kids” i am really confident outgoing and bossy maybe the most in there but if i’m with the popular kids i am shy bcuz i’m insecure. I’ve always been confident in small groups but insecure and drained in big groups. I mask a bit in a way i tryna not talk much outside ppl i am comfortable with bcuz i know i am impulsive and have 0 self control and talk too much so i don’t wanna appear awkward. I also tend to zone out a lot and miss conversations and ques and have trouble with payin attention.I know i’m not on the spectrum bcuz i don’t really use a formal vocabulary” and though i was bullied in the elementary and didn’t have friends it was kind of “my fault in a way” like I was always chasing the popular crowd and got into the popular crowd and they bullied me really bad all elementary school long which left me with some sort of trauma(like i haven’t told anyone about bullying bcuz i’m too proud for opening up) like i have no problem making friends i have trouble Keeping them bcuz as they get to know me better i kind of “push them away” bcuz i’m afraid they don’t like me
Like i’ve always been more immature than my peers thou. I never discussed guys and so on with my peers bcuz i was scared of them laughing at me and never dated i’m 17 and never dated bcuz i am too insecure to approach the guys i like and tend to friendzone them or if a guy approaches me i’m like “wtf do u want”
I was diagnosed as being on the spectrum when I was 10/11 years old. The only reason for this was because my mom knew there was something different about me from a young age and fought for years to get me a diagnosis of sorts. I probably have a mix of typically male and female traits; I do mask to extent, but not to the point of concealing my whole personality; I love both science and creative interests, including astronomy, biology, video games, art, writing, roleplay, etc.; I get overstimulated by too many sources of sound and get anxious very easily; and I've always been advanced in vocabulary and limited in ways to communicate. I'm far from shy, however, except with complete strangers and people of authority (I usually warm up after an hour or so). It's just really cool to see the way it manifests in people, both men and women. :D
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@@richiemcconnochie2506 It's not possible to "cure" ADHD. Please don't spread your links like this, it's highly suspicious at worst and confusing at best.
No I will not stop ever...it's real and I am the first to discover this..it would be evil of me not to share..u do as u please ..that's fine...good luck..next time watch them ..if u can't then that's your choice..
I strongly relate to all of these (except #9) and I’ve been doing research on Autism for about three years now, but I’m way to scared to talk to parents. I don’t want them to think I’m just looking for attention. My counselor doesn’t really understand how much I’m struggling, so now I’m kind of stuck. Does anyone know what I can do?
Maybe on your next Dr. visit, bring it up to Dr. and ask for how to get support, also your school counselor and school nurse. There may be a support group in your town for Autism/Asperger's. I hope your parents will listen but if not, you can still do research like on UA-cam and learn from others. I wish you well.
There is a book on amazon called Butterfly in the Water that you might like to read. It has girls in it ;) It is about five people with autism lost in the wilderness after a plane crash. They are with this strange pilot and two teachers. They have to try and rescue themselves. It is an action adventure story with fate, destiny, humour, romance and tragedy. They sort of become heroes and I like that.
This was awesome and so eye opening, thank you!
this was so helpful because my psychiatrist told me I wasn’t autistic because I didn’t act like sheldon. but I think I fall strongly under masking and lots of female autistic traits. asking someone about their activities is so unnatural to me
What’s so crazy is I relate to A LOT of these traits, but a few years ago when I was in a mental help hospital I don’t believe I really showed those traits while there. And I feel as though I’ve been misdiagnosed with some of my diagnoses; But idk how to find out or go about trying to find out.
She is very overwhelming. I can't follow her.
Tbh I just turn on videos with closed captions when I can't follow a video. This one I was fine with though
You could try playing the video on .75 speed, worked like a charm for me! 💖
Im am never been diagnosed and I am 31, With this it makes more clear I have autism. Thank you for doing this! I knew for quite a while I have autism, but this makes so much sense now, when I was a kid/teenager.
@Raining Planets There sare just too many signs that I see, that I have autism, plus a very good friend of mine is diagnosed that has autism and I trust her, she said I have it. I am just like her. To me, you don't have to be diagnosed, to know you have autism.
@Raining Planets What you say is true. But I take autism seriously. I know for sure what I have, I dont need to go to a ASD specialist. That is my own opinion. If others want to know really for sure if they have autism, its their choice to go there. Like I said earlier. My very good friend is diagnosed with autism, she has similiar traits like I do. But who knows, maybe in the future I gonna go to a specialist, if I wanna do that.
I was diagnosed with sensory processing disorder when I was younger I got diagnosed as autistic as a 12 year old I’m 14 now
This video was really interesting. I recognised some traits my 7 1/2 years old daughter has (advanced language but struggles with communication, directing the plays, wild imagination, has a passion for insects, animals and rocks, anxiety). She got a provisional autism diagnosis which will be confirmed in a year or so after she receives some services.
Although I am only in the process of getting diagnosed, I can say that masking is truly difficult and very anxiety provoking when you're also a closeted trans girl.
I need your hair piece!!!
My brain's telling me I have a good chunk of them. But then it's also telling me I don't have _all_ of them sooo. Tug of war ig. xD
Her: Autistic girls like directing things
Me: **Flashback to 3rd and 4th grade when I created a whole pretend game where everyone had to play their own character and had specific powers and I got mad when they didn't play with the rules I created**
im watching this because i've really been questioning if i might be autistic but im too scared to ask my psychiatrist about it because i dont know how she would react and also i feel like a bad person due to it
Oh, I used to do that with make believe games as a child too! And I would direct my friends into their roles and names haha. It was the only way I would play. I had no idea that was a trait.
Also I had trouble making/keeping friends, masking, delayed adolescence/but still skipped a year of school, and had seizures when I was younger. Time to go get that assessment?
I was first diagnosed with ADHD but it is likely that it was my autism (which I was diagnosed with later on) presenting in a similar manner.
I have every single like trait except the seizures although I get migranes from common seizure triggers
I might have autism my counciler was talking about it. But I love watching stuff that has light or sound triggers because I can handle it and I love colours and I developed really quickly so.. I’m not really sure :D
I’ve only just been diagnosed and I’m 15
i learned that i have to break down at school sometimes in a quiet room, otherwise my mental health goes downhill
Hi I'm Charlie I have autism and I'm so happy for you
I’ve been diagnosed with ocd, severe clinical depression, severe anxiety, adhd, Anne have been told I was faking all said mental illnesses because I’ve been bullied so severely for exposing said traits. I’m 12 years old. I’ve been studying autism for 2 years and fit almost all stereotypes of autism. How can I ask my parents to get a diagnosis for me? I’m nervous they won’t believe me. I feel alienated. Can you please help me ? Thank you
Honestly I'm leaning to find out I'm might actually be on a spectrum and it would be mild if I was. Growing up I didnt really talk much unless I confortable with people. But I call it I dont have mental filter. I cant pick up on social cues at all. I cant tell when people are joking or being serious, I dont know when to jump into a conversation, when i should stop talking, should talk, when I should leave it alone. I can't make eye contact and very shy. People would have to talk for me, order for me, explain what people mean in a conversation now I have to over explained bc when I do that short sentence I confuse people. I've learn to get by in as I got older. I thought I was just OCD bc things had to be certain way like they had to be lined up certainly. But I'm going back into and talking with doctors but I think their gonna blame it on anxiety. But this video does help oh and I have high function anxiety and high function depression
Only got diagnosed at 40. I wish you were around when I was younger.
This is so interesting I'm autistic too xx
*excited lil hands*
Yes I did that
lol adhd girl here, i relate so hard to this vid
My mom literally told me at 15 that she had me tested for autism when I was like 2 or 3 and I was borderline autistic as she put it. I never believed her because there's literally no record of it, and everything I knew about autism was from a male perspective. Now I'm 25 and learning more about autism in women and like... Holy sh* she might not have been lying because??? I swear it makes so much sense, like me my life my perception: everything makes sense if I just look at it from "yeah I'm on the spectrum" perspective.
I was diagnosed initially as having both bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive personality disorder. Doctors will say it’s a million different things before they will say it’s autism. I look back at my childhood and wonder why so many people around me never noticed I was clearly autistic.
I wasn't diagnosed until I was 20 partly because of this bias even though I'm "severely" autistic
Me and my sister have been missed diagnosed
Loved the vid obvs. But. Just wanted to say. Ur hair is SO PRETTY !!! Omg like a curly waterfall ❤️❤️🤯🤯🤯
Hey Chole Is It Normal To Have Obsessions over silky things like Disney and DreamWorks characters?
DISNEYDREAM HEART If your NT no, if your on spectrum yes because some not all, Disney was a way identifying and understanding the NT world in childhood and the nostalgia if you have a aspergers profile can happen in adulthood.
I feel like I have Autism and have shown almost all of these signs. I've spoke to mom, but she doesn't believe me and seems adamant that I don't have Autism. I haven't been diagnosed and I'm 19. My friends (most are autistic) say that I do have Autism. Also, I'm trans and was born a girl, but I am a trans boy, but I have shown a lot of signs of Autism. I've also done some online tests for Autism and scored quite high. Any advice? Sorry for the long comment.
I have all these
I am using your videos to help broach the topic of autism with my mom who I’m prettttty sure may be autistic. Ty Aspien creators on TikTok and UA-cam for helping me understand Autism in girls and possibly help me understand my own mom. We’ll see if she actually is but man does this make fucking sense.
Thank you for this video! It taught me a lot!
I ❤️ all of ur energy & enthusiasm, so much that substribed to ur channel to 👀 how u discribe having autism. I believe that I have autism, so that I am coming to get an evaluation. Sending lots of 🤗 & ❤️ to u.
I've read somewhere that some people on the autism spectrum may actually have a very high emotional intelligence? Like, we can read people's emotions very well, hence why some autistic people are HSPs and/or empaths? Because I've been wondering if I am on the autism spectrum for a while now but I've been telling myself there's no way I can be autistic because I'm an empath. But it's really weird because...when it comes to high emotions, I can sense them on people very quickly and very deeply. But social cues? Don't know her.
Wowwwwww, slow down girl 🤯, but good work
I used to spend HOURS AND HOURS playing with pennies. I would count them, organise them by size, colour and amount. And then I would make elaborate patterns on the floor before spending it all on bubblegum.
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10. Do you think you ever be able to experience dating and autism?
I think girls in general are taught social cues and interaction from a very young age, sometime to the point of being forced, in a way boys aren't. show what a pretty smile you have, give great aunt bertha a hug and kiss on the cheek kinda thing.
A lot of the ppl in my family are on the spectrum and like now I’m starting to discover that maybe I haven’t been a useless emotionless robot of a human being all this time but I am on the spectrum 😳 I had a really hard time in my life with consent where it was very hard for me to say no to anything which was really dangerous and I cannot bring myself to speak to ppl I care about at all, not bc I don’t care but bc it is emotionally exhausting. I am so good at masking, I’m normally the center of attention and then when I get home I wanna die 💀 I want to get diagnosed bc I think it would be helpful to me after hating myself all this time and wondering why I couldn’t just be like other ppl. I am extremely smart and well spoken (the only thing I can brag about) I get bored easily, have depression and anxiety, have frequent breakdowns 😗 I can’t keep friends and the ones I do have understand that it’s hard for me to maintain communication. Voices and people talking, breathing, moving irritates me so much. Idk what to do tbh.