AUTISM In Girls: KNOW These SYMPTOMS (2018)

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I wonder how many females go through life with a type autism and never get diagnosed

Sadly, for older girls, if they're quiet they may be perceived as snobby. This can exacerbate the social anxiety they already feel. :(

1. Relying on other people to talk for them 2. Having a passionate specific interest 3. May restrict the topic of conversation that they initiate to their specific interest 4. Anxiety 5. Shy & quiet 6. Become less interactive and social with age

I wonder how many people think: "I'm just awkward, or socially inept, or an introvert, or just a bad person for not caring about socializing," when really they are on the spectrum. I'm undiagnosed, but a lot of these points hit home for me.

Being social is hard. After hello how are you and maybe mentioning the weather, then what to talk about....

I'm the queen of workarounds. Sending an email in stead of calling, asking someone else to talk for me, reading a book so people don't talk to me, pretending I don't see someone on the street, etc. One time my boyfriend decided that if I didn't call the pizza place there would be no pizza, so we ate lunch at 5pm, because it took me 3 hours to finally be able to call. He never tried that again.

I was told I won't be diagnosed unless the symptoms crippled my life and that I couldn't function. The mental health care system in the country is amazing.

In regards to ordering pizza; pizza ordering apps have been a lifesaver!!!

I'm actually writing a book about female autism called: The Suffering Chameleon.

for me the biggest problem is people telling me I don't have it, and then being weirded out by my behavior.

I'm undiagnosed but damn, I identified with everything in this.

If I'm being honest, I think I might have autism but I feel like if I tell someone they'll say "you just have a bit of anxiety"

"They become obsessed with a book series or tv show..." *looks around at merch* Well... shit.

there's also unintentionally stealing personality traits of people who are nice to them. this used to piss a lot of people off when i was in high school (long before i was diagnosed)

For me, my biggest traits are: Not being able to cope with disappointment (if my plan goes wrong I act like a child and people giving me alternative plans can go to hell because my entire day is already ruined), being overly self-concious, being extremely tired after engaging in social contact, social anxiety, tensing my muscles when I feel intense positive emotion, extreme sensory issues (sometimes my boyfriend trying to cuddle me can bring me to tears because sometimes it literally hurts my skin) and having serious problems with my emotion regulation (depression, hyperactivity, derealisation) I can talk perfectly about my traits and emotions, but it's as if I talk about somebody else, I know tons of information but I can't seem to apply it to my own life which is really hard.

1. Relying on other people to talk for them 2. Having a passionate specific interest (movie series, tv show, book series) 3. Resticting the topic of conversation to their specific field of interest 4. Anxiety 5. As children, the parents describe them as a shy, quiet person 6. The girl becomes less and less social, more anxious, etc

the last one hurt cause i've noticed it in myself. i'm getting progressively worse in my moods, my attitude, my anger issues and anxiety fits. the thought of having to find a job that requires talking to strangers (the only one currently available for me) is paralyzing. and evaluation for autism is not only expensive, but i fear that after spending that money i will be sent away because "i'm not autistic enough"

anxiety ...worst symptom in girls

The way you talked about the regression with social situations and the like in autistic girls really hit me hard. Because that’s what’s kept everyone, including my only family from believing I’m autistic, is that I appeared to develop normally, and I was a fairly social child. But I started to regress around high school, and it’s gotten harder and harder for me. I needed to hear this, to have this validation. Thank you so much.