So I have been thinking about this for a while. I Am quite sure, that I am somewhere on the spectrum. Im not sure if Its autism or ADHD or somewhere between. I do observe quite a lot of behaviours in myself that regularly get associated with neuroduvergent people (example: I constantly observe different people to analysis how they act in “social interactions” (or other stuff too), because I kind if don’t know what society expects as social norms (etc.)).
Logically the next step would be to go to a psychologist and get tested for neurodivergency. The thing is, that I seriously do not see the use in doing so. I know all the different quirks I have quite good and how to deal with them. I also wouldn’t say, that they cause any sort of “day to day problems” for myself. Why should I invest the effort to search for a psychologist (I really should do that, but thats for this shitload of other problems I have) to get tested just so that I have a piece of paper that does not change anything in my day to day life.
Nested parens? Yup, you’re on the spectrum.
So am I, didn’t realize until I was old. No need for me to get a diagnosis; I have also settled into my ways. I just understand them a bit better now, and I’m okay with “being who I am”. However, a lot of that came because my kids got diagnoses.
If you’re young(ish), and don’t have a solid clinical understanding of how autism can manifest, a diagnosis for you might be useful - but you can also acquire that additional information independently. Just make sure you’re researching at legitimate sources and not what randos on the internet say.
That could also be because of me being a programmer /s
We already knew, you didn’t need to keep telling us. /s :)
Someone else also pointed out being able to get additional assistance or accomodations at work or school, and I wanted to strongly echo that. Didn’t come to mind for me because I’m way past that point.