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i feel different and almost like a “fake” autistic sometimes? i just got diagnosed in august and its changed how i see myself and i feel like im making excuses for certain behaviors (ex my empathy) and saying “its because im autistic” and i can’t tell if
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Anonymous 4w

it’s because it’s a connection i can make now that i’ve been diagnosed or if im really just the worst person ever. and when i say empathy above, i mean that i’ve always over empathized and over thought things and i can’t tell if im making sense rn so im going to bed

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Anonymous 4w

You don’t have to check every single box to be autistic, you’ve even got the security of having a professional diagnosis :) I’ve got plenty of empathy but I’m still 100% autistic- there’s not one “right way” to be autistic and we can’t forget that most of those dumb autism tests are geared more towards people socialized as men anyways

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