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For those of use that found out we were autistic as adults, how did you find out? What caused you to consider that you were autistic? What confirmed it? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My diagnosed-autistic boyfriend mentioned it to me. I researched it, the label fit. Took the online quizzes, started adapting some of the suggested coping strategies/'life hacks' and they helped.

Then I realized that maybe all the comfortable, 'normal' engineering nerd college friends I fit in with were less neurotypical than I thought. Other friends that had formal diagnoses told me that I felt autistic to them. We flock, you know. Later, I mentioned it to my therapist and she was like "yeah, you seem autistic to me".

[โ€“] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I was a psych undergrad, but never really made any friends there. All my friends were nuclear engineering students.