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p8riot 1 point ago +1 / -0

No worries pede! Happens all the time with me online and via text.

I heard a long time ago that EVERYONE is on the spectrum, but I don't know if that's true or just Big Pharma funding studies to get their poisons in our system.

What you said about being fooled, I can relate. I default to seeing the best in people, so .. over time I've become more cynical as a sort of immune system.

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Mygymus 1 point ago +1 / -0

Everyone is. A therapists diagnosis is just a matter of whether orn ot it effects your life in a significant way

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p8riot 1 point ago +1 / -0

Interesting. If you'll indulge my curiosity.. So is it that some people are just "able to manage" better? And what benefit does a diagnosis provide?

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Mygymus 1 point ago +1 / -0

"Able to manage better" would be the high functioning. Usually the ones who find their autism thing and can occupy themselves with it when things get uncomfortable. I didnt find mine until like a month ago. I'm behind i admit. I'm not intellectually at a loss, but when it comes to things like loans or financial strategy or...organizing recurring payments my brain goes straight to static. If i had to guess, it's like a hopelessly dyslexic person, trying to read plato's symposium and write a dissertation on it.

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p8riot 1 point ago +1 / -0

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Finance for you sounds a lot like theoretical physics does to me. It's not that the math is too niche, it just takes an overabundance of concentration for a purely hypothetical result. I've always chalked it up to being disinterested in the subject.

An autism thing.. is that like something to fiddle with, or some kind of mantra?