So I am fairly sure I have some form of autism or Asperger's, seemingly high functioning, and I haven't realized it until now. I'm 28.
A few weeks ago, I talked to someone on Twitter that had something where there were a lot of foods she couldn't eat, because things like the texture of them made it impossible, so her for palette was very limited. I have had pretty much the same thing my whole life, and no one has really believed me and dismiss me as a "picky eater". An example of this was July 4 last year, when my fiancee's friend brought apple pie (bought from a store), and my fiancee asked that maybe I should try it. I waited until get friend went to the bathroom, and took a bite of it. Immediately I gagged and had to spit it out in the sink. That was exactly the reaction I was afraid of and why I waited until her friend went to the bathroom to try it. When I go anywhere, especially to a restaurant I have never been to, my biggest fear is ordering something I can eat, or having to detail in front of people how I want it to the point where I can eat it. It's even worse are family gatherings because I'm always afraid they might have made something I can't eat.
I also have been diagnosed with ADHD and depression. I do fidget all the time. I fixate on things and only think of things one way. I have issues with social situations, I have trouble looking most people in the eyes, except for people like my fiancee and some others. The high functioning part makes sense because I do still live on my own (with my fiancee), hold a good paying job with a college degree, and manage my own finances extremely well.
I plan on calling my GP to see what to do about getting a diagnosis. I told by fiancee that I thought I had it, worried that she would freak out. To my surprise she didn't, and had apparently thought I had it for two years and didn't tell me because she didn't think it was worth troubling me with because I already deal with ADHD and depression, and I seem and smart enough and high functioning so, it wouldn't make a huge difference. I feel better knowing she figured it out. Apparently her mother did too, which is why her and my fiancee kept saying that I didn't have to come visit her family when she goes on some weekends if I didn't want to and it made me uncomfortable.
If anyone here is from DotaERA (or formerly DotaGAF?), it probably explains a lot there too.
A few weeks ago, I talked to someone on Twitter that had something where there were a lot of foods she couldn't eat, because things like the texture of them made it impossible, so her for palette was very limited. I have had pretty much the same thing my whole life, and no one has really believed me and dismiss me as a "picky eater". An example of this was July 4 last year, when my fiancee's friend brought apple pie (bought from a store), and my fiancee asked that maybe I should try it. I waited until get friend went to the bathroom, and took a bite of it. Immediately I gagged and had to spit it out in the sink. That was exactly the reaction I was afraid of and why I waited until her friend went to the bathroom to try it. When I go anywhere, especially to a restaurant I have never been to, my biggest fear is ordering something I can eat, or having to detail in front of people how I want it to the point where I can eat it. It's even worse are family gatherings because I'm always afraid they might have made something I can't eat.
I also have been diagnosed with ADHD and depression. I do fidget all the time. I fixate on things and only think of things one way. I have issues with social situations, I have trouble looking most people in the eyes, except for people like my fiancee and some others. The high functioning part makes sense because I do still live on my own (with my fiancee), hold a good paying job with a college degree, and manage my own finances extremely well.
I plan on calling my GP to see what to do about getting a diagnosis. I told by fiancee that I thought I had it, worried that she would freak out. To my surprise she didn't, and had apparently thought I had it for two years and didn't tell me because she didn't think it was worth troubling me with because I already deal with ADHD and depression, and I seem and smart enough and high functioning so, it wouldn't make a huge difference. I feel better knowing she figured it out. Apparently her mother did too, which is why her and my fiancee kept saying that I didn't have to come visit her family when she goes on some weekends if I didn't want to and it made me uncomfortable.
If anyone here is from DotaERA (or formerly DotaGAF?), it probably explains a lot there too.