I haven’t been formally tested or diagnosed but all my life I’ve had the markers and behaviors of Level One Autism. I have two nephews who are also on the spectrum. Oddly, I can read body language but I often misread facial expressions and tone of voice.
I’m also bipolar 2, hypomanic depressive and have GAD, generalized anxiety disorder. I understand that autism and bipolar often go hand-in-hand and intertwine. What I thought was standalone OCPD (different from OCD) is probably my autism.
As a side note, something that irritates the shit out of me is when people minimize autism by saying “I must be autistic too” or “everyone is a little autistic”. No, they don’t know what it’s like being teased and mocked for being “weird” or little professor or walking encyclopedia.
3 months
