nxt_life

Thank you so much for replying! I love your philosophy and can’t wait to read this book, and to see the impact it will have. And thank you so much for all the content you post on Instagram, I was raised in such a close-minded environment and social media has become a big educator for me.

I hope I’m not too late. I follow you on Instagram and have learned so much from you, I’m a huge fan. I haven’t started reading Unmasking Autism yet, but from many of your posts and some other online sources, I’ve began to wonder (more suspect) that I may be on the autistic spectrum, and that what was diagnosed as OCD and social anxiety in my childhood was and is actually autism. I am, however, very high functioning, and when I said something to a friend about it they very adamantly told me I was absolutely not autistic (they have a psych degree, but so do I), and honestly seemed offended that I would even consider the idea, like I was trying to jump on a bandwagon or something.

My main question is: is it disrespectful to people who are diagnosed as autistic for me to be questioning out loud whether or not I’m on the spectrum? If the answer to that is no, then how can I deal with people who think it is? I really don’t like offending people when it comes to their mental health.