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How would you describe autism to a neurotypical person?
| The impression to be constantly translating a foreign language, but with behaviours instead of words
| >>655683 okay that sounds pretty accurate. It still baffles me how anyone is programmed to think body language is universal. XD
| I don't yet know if I have it or not, but I always relate a lot to people who do and have all of the symptoms, so it's kind of confusing.
Anyway, probably something along the lines of feeling misunderstood and constantly overwhelmed. I don't follow a lot of social norms, and people often can't tell if I'm joking or not and stuff like that.
So alienation is kind of an accurate way to put it. Alienation, confusion and being easily overstimulated.
| >>656031 There are various forms of autism and various ways to adapt.
Self-diagnosis is rarely a good idea though, so you might want to get checked
| >>656066
I am currently in the process of getting checked, but the process takes a while and my regular therapist says it seems likely based on my behaviour and thought process he's observed over half a year now, combined with how I've described my thoughts and some health documents and shit from my childhood. So basically, I don't officially have it, maybe I don't have it, but it seems highly likely.
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| What do you think would be the best way to explain to someone what autism is like? I tend to fall back on saying it's like being surrounded like loud confusing aliens, but I wanted to know what other ways I could describe it.