Anons who have legit autism diagnosed by a doctor. How is your everyday life? Why are you on this board?

Anons who have legit autism diagnosed by a doctor. How is your everyday life? Why are you on this board?

Mild autism here. Social interaction is always tricky because I sometimes don't know if people are making a joke or being mean, stuff like that.

Work goes well, because there's a clear task that I have to do so I don't get too distracted.

Uh, I'm here because it reminds me of my BBS time (before the internet). The boards I was on were full of people boasting about how they hacked the Pentagon, or just screaming profanities. I kinda like it here.

Oh, feel free to ask questions or anything.

How do you not get when people are mean: you could decide that they are mean because you feel hurt.

How do you find out what kind of emotions a person is expressing?

It's kinda fucked tbh I've spent all my life entering and leaving friend circles because inevitably everyone starts pissing me off in the long run

These two tie into each other. The only way I can figure out emotions (both in others and in myself) is by analyzing what happened and making an assumption. Those are wrong a lot though, but it's all I got, so I still do it.

So I might feel hurt by what someone says, because I mostly assume the worst possible thing. That sounds negative, but the other way around will get you into a lot of awkward situations where you make a fool of yourself. Feeling bad is something you can shrug off. I do always think "maybe they didn't mean it like that."

So taking all that into account: I might feel hurt, but the person meant no harm. I might think "maybe they didn't mean it like that" but the person sure as fuck meant it like that.

This too, yeah. Not because they start pissing me off, but I get too anxious about having to meet certain expectations and I find it easier to just go look for new people. It's a weak thing to do, but it helps with the anxiety.

Maybe you could use your energy to find out how to be happy alone?

How do you not know which emotion you feel? When you feel angry you don't feel good and want to destroy something and you know what makes you feel bad because that thing started this feeling. It seems so obvious to me.