• ladytaters@lemmy.world
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    Yup. My parents weren’t willing to even think about testing me, so it was “stop that, just be normal”.

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      I just had a realization. In early childhood children with autism are usually more expressive, but frequently get told behavior, conversation topics and mannerisms are bad, weird or wrong.

      In adulthood the stereotype for autism is being uptight, anxious and reserved people who only open up when it is about a major interest.

      Well is this even an autism problem or the result of years of being told everything we say and do is wrong? Of course people would be introverted and anxious.

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        I’ve thought about this too! How much of our traits are the actual autism, and how much of our traits are a result of abuse and marginalization?

        I wasn’t always afraid of meeting new people, but after enough bullying and being taken advantage of, I learned to not trust my ability to judge others unless I’ve known them for a longgg time. So, please excuse me if I’m not excited to meet you, but I don’t know if you’re going to be an asshole or not yet, and I’m not going to be insincere about it.

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          My therapist pointed out that a lot of autistic traits are extremely similar to trauma expression, and that it’s often hard to judge which is which.

          I feel like I’m an oddball because I tend to trust people until they give me a reason but to. That’s led to some bad experiences, but it also gives my “this person is doing shady stuff” sense a boost. It’s not insincere, but neither is waiting to judge :)