: "I think I'm a little autistic, too."
"We're all a little autistic."
It's always good when someone tells me they do one thing and that that means they're a little autistic. Quiz them on the other stuff, and ask if they have most or *all* of the, and then the convo gets awkward for them real fast.
@thedisasterautist My spoose, GingerCat, has suggested lately that I might want to be evaluated. On this list I can say:
1) sometimes
2) eye floaters? I thought those were normal
3)I usually had no difficulty looking for 10-digit part numbers in the high shelves at my old job
4) oh, yeah. I catastrophize really well or simply get lost in interactions that aren't and probably won't come to pass
5) sometimes.
@thedisasterautist I don't know what to think yet. It's only come up in the course of her currently going through that process and also acquiring her marriage and family therapy degree that hey, this might be a thing. If anything I'm not significantly impacted but itt might be an interesting point of understanding for a lot of my social behaviors and other things.
Thanks for your input on this
@Fellixe: Eye floaters are a thing, but the description as such in the meme is not the solidification of the gunk inside the eyeball that ophthalmologists do stuff about. The catastrophizing and lostness happen with depression, ADHD, and more as well, which can be co-conditions but not always.
Autism dxes are expensive because they're long and complicated, and be warned that, alas, no insurance covers them that any of us know of so far.
See if you can get one, but it's not straightforward.