@AM9436.
I was diagnosed when I was 16-18, and was constantly getting asked "why weren't you diagnosed when you were a kid?" Meanwhile my mother was diagnosed a year before me, at the young age of 55.
@pixiehellpup1579
they said "fake it till you make" it to me in school and actively told me i'd be better off masking since jobs, partners, and general public would treat me different if not worse but now that i've accepted that 'i'm autistic it feels more and more like they were telling me to 'fake it until I make it harder on myself :/'
@blankcanvasstudios3463
As a fellow neurodivergent person- how??? You radiate neurodiversity (this is a compliment btw)
@gunier.j.kintgenanimations
As an autistic person myself, I know your pain. I was diagnosed when I was like 2, I can only imaging how stressful it must be only finding out Now! You have all of our support; We're rootin' for ya!
@coletakkish4389
For any of y'all who're curious, a really good channel to learn about high-masking autism is I'm Autistic, Now What? It's run by this British woman in her late 20s who talks about her experiences navigating social life as an autistic woman and reacts to other autism-centric content. Very wholesome vibes, and very helpful for picking apart the layers of uncertainty, insecurity, and imposter syndrome that high-masking folks often build up
@momon1413
People asked me if I was autistic before I was diagnosed. My mom would take me to a doctor to check my hearing because I wouldn't respond to my name being called(autism trait). They said I didn't have autism when I was 16. Later I got asperger diagnosis when I was 18, one from a private clinic and later from the public one. People underestimate how easy it is to slip through these systems that look very rigid from the outside.
@therajaofashbourne8483
as an autistic + adhd bengali my heart was truely touched to see bangladesh's name invoked by the great owiebrainhurts
@Maker0824
5:09 "There will be so much more owie in the coming months". That sounds more like a threat than I think it was supposed to sound
@Kawaiitwo
I’m lucky (I guess? Does this qualify as lucky?) that I was diagnosed at the age of 5. My mom noticed some behaviors of mine were different than my older brother and sister, such as stacking dolls. She told me about my diagnosis when I was in third grade, and while I didn’t think much of it at the time (because, you know, I was 8), knowing early definitely helped save me from being confused later on. Well, at least on why I was different from other people, there were whole other struggles with my peers throughout school, especially in high school. I’m glad the people I’ve met at college so far are much more understanding and accepting, but high school was hell. People would meow at me in the hallways because I’d often meow in earlier grades, and my bitch of a principal would just dismiss it. Made my blood boil, and my mom was arguably more pissed than me.
@Subpar1O1
I remember the reason I got diagnosed is because a teacher in my primary school suspected I had it, but my parents didn't want to go through the whole diagnosis rigamarole so it never came up again until I was 16 and we got health form things? for school and an autism diagnosis was just sitting there on mine. I remember getting really offended at first but over the course of a week it went from "how did anyone think I had autism" to "wait no that explains a lot". Looking back I'm suprised only one teacher ever noticed because it only occurred to me a while ago that I was one neurotic child. TLDR I went on this tangent, but was there a reason why? No, but maybe that's why I got diagnosed
@Clrafi
I’m disappointed, I wanted a 2 hour heavy lore video
@ZoomDoomBoom
There's something about these videos that's so comforting. It's nice to hear someone other than family talk about these things. A second and possibly weird reason is this corner of the internet kinda feels like a safe space to me???? (pleasetellmethatmakessense) Idk, but idc because I love it and all of your content!!! Looking forward to future uploads!!! 🐈
@SoothieTheAudiophile
Autism is honestly a very misunderstood concept, from what I've seen. "Oh, it's just a phase, you'll grow out of it!" "Oh, s/he just wants attention!" "Oh, s/he's a very picky eater.". I hate it when people say those. Hell, I've heard a kid in my class called people with Down Syndrome (obviously a very different condition that has little to no correlation to ASD) autistic!! I'm happy that bigger channels like yours spread the word around about what autism really is. Thanks for making this video!! ^U^
@elapt1c
i am autistic but NOT a red cat. this helped me understand some of my symptoms like being hungry but feeling something else that is not hungry instead, heat regulation, and a bunch of other stuff u mentioned. luckily i was diagnosed at ~12-13 years old.
@myrimur9891
MY GOD FINALLY SOMEONE RECOGNIZES THE THING WITH TEMPERATURE REGULATION AND GETTING COLD ALL THE TIME THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!
@hosatus2433
Crazy how people attacking you for doing anything that isn't "normal" makes you really good at being "normal"
@glaxtydreams
For me, when I got a diagnosis for my autism, I was treated worse than when I didn't have a diagnosis and I didn't get any help for my sensory issues and my grandparents (maybe my parents too) thought you could only be autistic when ur like 7 and younger and thought autism was a excuse too not do as much work or something. Also, my parents would explicitly teach me too mask when they knew I was autistic, and like you can teach someone to look both ways while crossing a street, that's not bad but my parents would get mad at me if i did visible stimming and they'd make me undergo sensory deprivation or/and would make me suffer through too many senses (noise, smelling, touch, etc.), and they did it on purpose :( Thanks for the video! (^_^)
@alle6605
I recently got diagnosed at 19, no one ever thought I was autistic, was a bit of a shock when I realized that hiding certain habits of mine was me masking my neurodivergency
@Cr4z3d
I actually love this artstyle/animation. it's adorable, and really fluid.
@owiebrainhurts