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HopefulMei
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I want to know more about Autism
Disability Support / by HopefulMei
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 August 9th, 2022
...See more Hello, this is my first time doing this so sorry if I make some mistakes. I'm 23 years old and I have Spastic Hemiplegia, which it's a kind of Cerebral Palsy. I also have General Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Agoraphobia, OCD, and Panic Disorder. Um, life has been hard because of all that and after 10 years of waiting, I found a psychologist. We meet only once a month, but it's better than nothing. Anyway, that's not what this is about. So, one day I was talking about how I watch true crime videos to help me cope with anxiety and how I didn't really feel anything watching it. Or about people in general. My grandmother died in November and I didn't cry or felt anything more than a little sad. My uncle died some months later and I felt nothing at all. But, my dog died in 2020 and it was so bad I was diagnosed with Panic Disorder. I care more about animals than people. So, my psychologist wondered if I had autism and after running away from it for two months, I did an online test and well, I think I might have. I'll do a proper exam to know it, but I want to know more about autism and I hope you guys can tell more about it? I don't know anyone who has autism so I don't know anything about it. And I have some questions: Does everyone who has autism likes or remembers numbers? I'm terrible with numbers and my memory sucks unless it's about something I have an interest in. Is everyone unable to do more than one thing at the same time? I do that all the time, like listening to an audiobook while reading something else and listening to music at the same time. Is everyone very likely to pay attention to mere details? I'm terrible at paying attention to details unless I'm interested in it. And finally, is everyone unable to understand sarcasm, dirty jokes... things like that? Because I'm very sarcastic and dirty-minded. That's it. I hope I didn't offend anyone. I really don't know anything about autism and if I really have it, it's scary to think I'll like enter a new world without knowing a thing about it.
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