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Recent content by Nummulite

  1. Nummulite

    Sexist terms

    Reading this thread, I think this might not be the right forum for me. I'm surprised at the amount of transphobic people in this community, and the fact that no one is acting as of it's out of place. I feel very uncomfortable here now.
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    Originally I was thinking of dropping the autism idea entirely and moving on (I don't want to waste hope and energy if the chances are very low), but I'm starting to think it might still be worth it to keep pursuing the possibility, or at least thinking about my problems through that lens until...
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    My partner gave me the same advice. It's hard for me to go about my life as if something is true when I don't know if it is yet, because the doubt is so distracting, but I think you guys are right that it's the most useful way to approach things right now. At the very least, maybe I could bring...
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    I know how difficult those things are for me internally now, and how they were in my later childhood, but I can't remember my early childhood enough to know what they were like back then. Maybe I could try to ask my parents for more detail, but I'm not sure if they would remember (or if they...
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    I wasn't making any sort of argument against that, I was just explaining mine since a couple people mentioned gender and I don't have mine listed
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    I've researched how autism presents in women, and I did think that my general childhood experience lined up closely with it. But my early childhood (before I was in school, and before there was much chance for me to be socialized or learn how to mask) doesn't sound like it had any indicators...
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    I have a family member who likely is (my family thinks he is, but he won't get help). It hasn't been brought up as a possibility for me before, but I can look into it. I hope I'm not.
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    I know that that's true, but it's harder without a concrete "reason" for the way I am. I might still go, maybe I'll bring my partner with me.
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    I was born a girl (I've never mentioned my gender on here because I'm nonbinary and I feel weird talking about it)
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    That's a lot of questions! I recall my childhood after six years old or so. I got very good grades but had trouble handing things in on time. I had one best friend from kindergarten to 8th grade who I did almost everything with. I had a couple other friends but not very close ones. I was very...
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    Knowing the cause of my problems would change the way I approach some of them. For example, if the reason I'm awkward and feel disconnected around people is that I don't have enough experience socializing, then exposing myself to more social situations should solve the problem (it doesn't feel...
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    I don't smoke weed (nothing against it, but it just makes me anxious). I wrote 15 pages of detailed notes about why I thought I was on the spectrum, listing it all would be too much (and yes I was always reading as a kid). I scored as "likely autistic" on all the online tests and I seemed to...
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    I haven't ruled it out completely as a possibility, but it just seems way less likely to me now after that conversation. I don't know if it's worth pursuing still at this point. My parents are really kind and they were sad when they saw how disappointed I was by their answers and wished they...
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    The estimate was five years, very long even for canada
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    Probably not autistic, now I don't know what to do

    This summer I've been doing a bunch of research about autism, making pages and pages of notes with reasons why I might be on the spectrum, and I got a referral from a doctor to get an autism assessment in a few years. I felt like I was finally on to something after a lifetime of wondering what's...
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