Happiness & Autism - different to neurotypicals?

[@Kotifilosofi]

I'm not officially diagnosed even though I suspect I'm on the spectrum, so take everything I say with the grain of salt. Anyhow, I strongly related to the deviant motivation of doing things & having interests. All my life, ever since I was a kid, it frustrated, confused and irritated me that whenever I was good on something, people fixated on _me_ as the agent, instead of the object of interest I was good on. No-one wants to talk about the methods of the drawing, how to "see" the animal underneath the fur to draw it anatomically correctly, or what I think there's still to improve. They aggressively brush that aside and keep on repeating how talented I am and keep asking how I'm able to draw so well and how they wish they could draw as well. If they had the motivation to talk about drawing even for five minutes, instead of focusing on the admiration & social compliments, they could in fact improve their skills. But they rather close their ears and keep it as a mystery to themselves. I find that very frustrating and pointless interaction that doesn't satisfy my needs of socializing. In general, I don't like being the focus of any discussion, I prefer focus being on the things I'm interested in, and I don't understand how everyone isn't like that.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Autistic people being people is part of how autistic people are able to avoid being diagnosed for so long.

[@farhanaahammed20706]

good

[@authordanplouff]

Thanks... Good job. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[@rebirthofthecool5619]

Wtf is that popping sound I can't watch this

[@finnegansnowberrymr.underf310]

I can't watch this with the weird background music.