I'm NOT CRAZY! (I'm Autistic)

I'm 40 and was diagnosed at 38. I told my mother she laughed and said oh don't be silly. Your not autistic. I told my sister and her response was do you really want to have autism, though? Growing up whenever I was "difficult" my family would say Carmen's just being Carmen. Translated Carmen is being an asshole let's ignore her. So naturally my relationship with my family is not great. Thankfully now I have a fantastic husband who is my greatest advocate.

"You're probably not crazy... I don't want to say that with a 100% certainty" That's the most aspie comment I've heard from Paul, and it's pure gold!

I cannot adequately express how grateful I am for you, your channel, and for the good fortune that you came across my radar.

Suddenly finding myself isolated from the group and not understanding why ... Damn. I've always been so confused why.

Another insight of mine: I am not lazy, I am autistic. Well, of course sometimes I am lazy, but sensory overload is no laziness! I really struggled accepting and understanding this because I am quite ambitious and always have big plans for the day. And than sometimes they don’t work out because I am in sensory overload.

There's a recent study that proved that autistic people can communicate with each other with the same effectiveness of 2 neurotypicals communicating. My theory is that it has something to do with the cadence of conversation.

"I really need to stick to the script. Maybe I should start by having a script". 😂😂😂 Love it! Thank you for another interesting video :)

"I'm not crazy my mother had me tested."

My son said of my autistic son, “he marches to a whole other orchestra.”

I was diagnosed 4 years ago at 40 and all my life I felt like I was crazy and always been made feel crazy and treated like crap all my life. I'm so thankful for our community x

Recently realised over the last few months that I have Aspergers and ADHD. I was suspicious of something all my life and I literally felt like an alien. You inspired me to do a video talking about it on my personal Facebook and the response I got was overwhelmingly positive with people thanking me for speaking about it. So thankyou for inspiring me.

I love what a son of a friend always says when people tell him he's crazy: "I'm not crazy, I'm just different" 😃

I love what Temple Grandin's Mom said to her. "You're different, but not less!"

I got my diagnosis a few months back and at first people had some interest and wanted to learn but when the novelty wears off and I'm displaying more autistic traits because I've learned to unmask and be less stressed it becomes more a case of "oh, still doing the autism thing huh" There's a Marilyn Manson song I keep listening to and a verse goes "sometimes I feel so worthless, sometimes I feel discarded, I wish that I was good enough, then I'd know that I am not alone" This is too relateable

I always felt most at home with people at the local game shop, playing Warhammer 40k and the like. Nerds in general have always been a safe bet for me.

My son has just been diagnosed with Asbergers. What a relief. Now we are doing a deep dive into understanding how to help him thrive. Your videos are great for my learning. Thank you!

When I was in school, around 11-12 years old, the boys in my class decided to hold these polls during recess. “Who is the prettiest girl in our class, who is the nicest girl, who is the smartest...” everyone else (around 20 boys) answered the same and I was the outlier who answered every question differently. It was a weird experience but makes sense just like your example of chocolate vs vanilla example. I’m not sure if they had a similar concept of what’s pretty, or if they just followed the opinion of the first guy who said a name in each case. But it has baffled me. For nearly 30 years. I also got in “trouble” since the herd went on to tell the girls their opinion on class. “We think the prettiest girl in class is whoever, but Kokkonen said it’s this other girl”. So my opinions were shared verbatim which was kind of embarrassing. I hope the girls I singled out felt good about it. At least someone thought they were the prettiest, nicest, smartest...

My ex-best friend once told me I was "being insane" for having trouble with social situations, even after I explained everything I possibly could at the time. That hurt, a lot, and was the cherry on top of the many other ways she had treated me like I was weird. But discovering I was autistic as well as avoidant helped reassure me she was wrong, she just wasn't doing what she should have done to try to understand me. Luckily I've since then invested my social energy into someone who actually accepts me, and would (hopefully) never tell me I'm crazy. Thank you for this video.

I am 77 and was diagnosed with Asperger's at 70. I, along with everyone else, knew there was something different about me, we just didn't know what it was or have a name for it. It is such a relief to know that I am not mad.

Sheldon Cooper: I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.