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Yup, only I know how many times I hide negative emotions. In the past I thought I really grew up from them... Until one day when my friend annoyed me so much and I acted like few years earlier. It was a moment when I understood I really may have Asperger's Syndrome unlike my parents say
 

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Yup, only I know how many times I hide negative emotions. In the past I thought I really grew up from them... Until one day when my friend annoyed me so much and I acted like few years earlier. It was a moment when I understood I really may have Asperger's Syndrome unlike my parents say
Aspergers is SO hard to identify in women..!! We can act and wear so many masks and just appear simply odd or completely normal to others while we're struggling and have NO idea what is happening around and simply not understanding the norms... The social intuition is simply gone, it doesn't exist, and this is hard... hence we just copy what others do and hope for the best. As adults things get less awkward as we learned so much and gained so much experience but some things simply start falling into their places, but being put into new situations... I feel then exactly like i did years ago - a complete alien, lost, and awkward. If I hadn't worked in call centres or in big open offices, or simply was pushed into having so many meetings, I wouldn't have gained so much experience and picked up the new "masks". But still, if I get upset, even on meetings i have my outbursts and seem very "unprofessional" so I often have to apologize... Also still often i display way differently from what I feel.

And yeah, my parents simply deny that me and my brother have Aspergers. In him it is WAY more obvious.
 
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I'm not sure if I have Autism, but I do think I may have ADHD....my doctor has said that is more likley than autism but my father thinks ADHD is a diagnosis drug companies use to drug you (among other propaganda).

From my understanding, autism is very similar to ADHD (sensory issues, stimming, etc.), but people with ADHD generally understand social cues better? And can be more energetic compared to an autistic person. But then have more struggles in focus.
 
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:mad:I hate it when people make fun of conditions or even worse, pretend to have it. It's those kind of people I avoid at all costs.
Yeah, exactly. No condition should ever become a "trend" and nobody should ever pretend to have it to be "cool" or for attention
 

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YES. It's the worst.
Especially as someone who has tics, classifies for Tourette's and possibly ADHD.....


I get people telling me to 'stop following trends, jeez' all the time
 

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I love that people who actually have these conditions are open about them. I HATE that people think they're ''cool" and start faking it...and then it becomes a trend
And takes away attention for those who actually have them
I personally don't want attention, when you have tics, you never get good attention :(
 

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Same, I hate attention, hate being open about my emotions, and hate the fact that people want me to be.
I'm fine with being open about my emotions, people say I have 'no filter' (again pointing towards autism/adhd), but if you tic in public, people think you're 'acting out'.
 

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I guess I just avoid people in general, so I don't talk and don't really want to. Few people know anything about my emotions, so I just keep it that way.
Same, but I still have no filter lol, and sometimes I vent too much by mistake, so I've learned to adapt to it.
 

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I'm not sure if I have Autism, but I do think I may have ADHD....my doctor has said that is more likley than autism but my father thinks ADHD is a diagnosis drug companies use to drug you (among other propaganda).

From my understanding, autism is very similar to ADHD (sensory issues, stimming, etc.), but people with ADHD generally understand social cues better? And can be more energetic compared to an autistic person. But then have more struggles in focus.
Receiving accurate diagnosis can be daunting and yes, medical/insurance conglomerates have vested interests medicating vs cognitive therapy where applicable.

Quite sure ADHD and anxiety/depression prevalent to surprising degree. Not new to the populace of course but clinical tools and "treatment" widely available. For me, anxiety is huge demon with tendency to very mild depression.
 

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Byproduct of coming out is my filter not as robust as it used to be haha!
My filter is NOT ROBUST AT ALL
I actually love that about me
 

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I've been going through this thread a lot and it's so...
Calming to just read about everyone's struggles and realize how much we all have in common ❀️
 
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