Do ALL High-Masking Autistics Do This?

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  @Auticate · 2 years ago · pinned

  Do you do any of these things? Or what are some unique things you do? Share below - we love learning about the autistic experience of everyone here 😊

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  @heidiMJ1380 · 2 years ago

  Finding THE one, clean, bathroom that you think no one else uses is the best.

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  @KnittedSister · 2 years ago

  Fun fact about the subscription thing: <br>I live in Denmark, and here it is illegal for a company to make it harder to cancel a subscription than it was to sign up for it. Love it.

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  @MS-hx3ye · 2 years ago

  One of my weird quirks is I REAAALLLY feel uncomfortable when I walk in front of people. I always unconsciously stop walking to have whomever I&apos;m with go in front of me.

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  @rigelestbit · 2 years ago

  I tend to keep my peculiarities to myself, but a week ago I was getting out of class and I saw this man holding two plants he clearly had just bought. I went straight to him and asked &quot;hey, you know which plants you got?&quot; He answered he bought them because he thought they were pretty and the lady who sold them told him the names. Popular names, not scientific ones. <br><br>I told him the scientific names (and subspecies), how to reproduce them by cutting and how much water they needed, then immediately left.<br><br>It took me about 30 minutes waiting for the bus to realize &quot;oh no i did the weird stuff again&quot;, i went to a stranger, infodumped for five minutes and left.

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  @SmokeTokeBroke2 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I had a chemistry professor who used to use the word “saturated” to describe the moment when everyone’s eyes glazed over and no new information was being digested: “I think everyone’s brains are saturated, let’s save the rest for the next lesson.”<br><br>I now use it to tell my loved ones when I’ve taken on all the information I can handle and need to go process. “Wait, wait, wait, I’m saturated, save that for later.” my ultimate meltdown preventer atm 🙌🏻💯

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  @unclejack21 · 2 years ago

  I despise &quot;small talk&quot;, but I can never gauge how soon I can leave the conversation without appearing rude.

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  @juliegolick · 2 years ago

  For your example of needing to go through a room without talking to your wife, my ex and I had a physical gesture that worked the same way. In the old White Wolf LARPS (live-action role-playing games), crossing your arms across your chest with your hands on opposite shoulders was the gesture for &quot;I&apos;m invisible.&quot; Both of us played in those games and knew the gesture. So sometimes when we wanted to sneak past the other person and didn&apos;t want them to talk to us / remark on us being there / etc., we&apos;d make the &quot;I&apos;m invisible&quot; signal across our chest as we walked past. (Sometimes paired with exaggerated &quot;sneak-walk&quot; on tiptoes or humming the mission impossible theme song lol.) Worked remarkably well!

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  @breadfan_85 · 2 years ago

  &quot;suddenly feel a little hungry.&quot; Must be nice. I go from not feeling hungry at all, straight to literally on the verge of fainting, in an instant. There is no in-between.

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  @roseamongtheashes · 2 years ago

  I cannot believe how SPECIFIC these call-outs are. it&apos;s so wild that these little things that make me feel like such a weirdo, and that I try super hard to hide (like the restroom/supply closet dodge &nbsp;move) are actually shared experiences. I feel so seen 🥺 thank you as always for your videos. every time I&apos;m reminded I&apos;m not alone and not an alien, and that my quirks are actually very normal experiences for my cohort &nbsp;of late diagnosed AuDHD adults, a part of me heals

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  @Synesthesia_chan · 1 year ago (edited)

  Youre the first person I&apos;ve seen that explained &apos;not having access to words that I absolutely know&apos;. Such a problem, holy cow.

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  @HomemakerDaze · 2 years ago

  Yip! Oh there&apos;s my friend in the supermarket, avoids the isle..

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