You know you are autistic if -

[Aspychata]

......you talk about a certain topic in great detail and completely lose the people to whom you are speaking

And of course you are totally shocked that they aren't as interested as you are.

 

[china autie]

You stim openly in front of people as a sign of trust.

 

[china autie]

The happiness of your animal companions counts as much as yours.

 

[china autie]

You can tell your vet where your animal companion's pain is, what kind of pain, and how much it hurts.

 

[china autie]

You are sensitive to tones in emails but can't read it in faces.
Sigh.

 

[Fade2black]

when you can go in the grocery store and buy a week's worth of groceries in five minutes.

when you go shopping at 5am to avoid the crowds

when email and text is your primary form of communication

 

[Fade2black]

You are sensitive to tones in emails but can't read it in faces.
Sigh.

Oh, that's a good one! So true!

 

[GrownupGirl]

You understand the expressions of cats more than you do humans.

 

[Ken S.]

When your pet name for your wife is Broadzilla & her pet name for you can't be posted on this forum.

 

[GrownupGirl]

When your pet name for your wife is Broadzilla & her pet name for you can't be posted on this forum.

I'm pretty sure that's not a sign of autism.

 

[DuckRabbit]

P.S. I especially agree with all the animal references here. I sometimes feel ASC individuals are animal souls in human form, the way they so readily identify with animals and often prefer them to humans.

I wonder if the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was on the spectrum:

"His closest relationships are now with a succession of poodles, who he feels have a gentleness and humility humans lack: 'The sight of any animal immediately gives me pleasure and gladdens my heart.'

 

[Aspychata]

You know you are when you don't want your thread "featured" at this forum. lol

 

[SilverShamrock]

You know you are when everyone around you seems to be speaking a different language that you barely know, and while you can mentally translate some of what they are saying, you still miss a lot.

 

[china autie]

...when you can taste smells as you are breathing. No one else ever talks about it.

 

[china autie]

...when you went on an acid trip and smelled the color purple.

 

[china autie]

...when not much in the world makes sense. It is mostly all illogical.

 

[china autie]

...when you have to have NT jokes explained to you but you totally get the jokes on this forum.

 

[invisibility003]

You can't figure out how to say the right words when you're talking to someone, so you stutter and repeat but it just won't come out right! Then you write stuff down, and it comes out fluently.

 

[GrownupGirl]

You would shed tears of complete joy if they came out with a radio station that plays music from video games or classic cartoons 24 hours a day.

 

[Aspychata]

when people talk about being lonely, you just can't relate to what they are saying....