People have been sharing the penny-drop moments they realised they might not be neurotypical – 17 ‘Oh, riiiight!’ moments
10.
‘I sleep with t-rex arms’
-spicymeatball93
11.
‘Thought it was normal to have to learn human behavior and reactions. I had a journal as a kid where i wrote down what certain actions/facial expressions/body language meant. Showed it to a friend who said “duh, everyone knows that. like you’re born knowing.”’
-alldemboats
12.
‘Answering questions like “how are you?” And “can I talk to you about X?” Honestly.
I was baffled that it is standard to lie.’
-solid-guest1350
13.
‘I have ADHD, and I always thought it was normal for my mind to have a constant dialogue with itself. Like, all day, every moment I’m awake, it’s like there are two people having a conversation in my head. I used to think everyone was like that. Now I know it’s just an us thing hahaha. Like, I swear to you, I’m not crazy… lmao.’
-tdah-
14.
‘I thought it was normal to obsessively research my interests until I knew everything about them.’
-Neither_Bluebird_645
15.
‘Face blindness, although I think what I have is rather “face amnesia” because I am able to tell faces apart, they’re just very hard for me to remember if I don’t know the person well, and changes in hairstyle or demeanor, or being “out of context” will throw me off.’
-environtno8811
16.
‘When I started to figure out I was autistic a few years ago my husband commented about the fact that I don’t try to make people like me
I was like, “what do you mean?”
He explained most people try to endear themselves to the people around them, such as with coworkers or inlaws.
I was like, “I’m supposed to be doing that!?!?!?!”
I didn’t think it was any of my business what people thought of me, let alone that I was supposed to be trying to make people like me.’
-StrangeFarulf
17.
‘My sensory perception.
I honestly thought that everyone else could taste the difference after a company changed the recipe or just how much over certain fabrics felt (and just how many feel like sandpaper)’
-MissLilum
DefiantBumblebee9903 had their own penny-drop moment.
“Why do all of these responses seem normal to me? does that mean I’m on the spectrum?”
Top tip – Don’t self-diagnose anything from Reddit comments.
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