Do you feel too 'mild' for WP?

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I feel more severe then most users on here and I am getting frustrated that none of you really think the same way I do. A good chunk of users on here seem to be able to relate to situations with people in them (popular culture, movies, fictional characters, anime, famous people) and they turn around and say they cant relate to people in real life which is a bit of a contradiction. I find it difficult to relate to either real people or fictional characters no matter how much social exposure I have so I stick to reading non-fiction exclusively. People say they have obsessions but they are never seem to be about objects and seem to be about real people or fictional characters. I find it difficult to relate to users on here who put pictures of real people or characters in their avatars. I only obsess about objects like space probes (my current obsession). Also people on here seem to have very long winded emotionally charged arguments with walls of text contrary to how I would think an autistic would act. I don't get very emotionally involved at all and call people out for acting on their emotions. Walls of text seem logically a waste of time because I feel like I would be talking into the void of the internet. Also there is a lot of conspiracy thinking on this board which I find odd because I know my detest for conspiracy thinking comes from my overly rigid logical way of thinking and I would expect an autism community to stray away from this kind of thought.

No, I don't feel too mild or severe or anything else for WP. I feel like myself.

Sometimes. But then I think about my childhood and things I've dealt with throughout my life that have made me the person I am. I also think about stims I do, strange quirks, and so on. I feel I actually identify a lot with the people on this website; they offer good advice and I can see myself in a lot of their situations.

My level of severity alternates between "mild" and "moderate" depending on my situation.

I can relate to some people better than others, but, no, I don't feel like I'm too "mild" for WP.

I'm a mixture of both severe and mild traits.

I've learned a lot about empathy lately. Not just having it but understanding it through analysis of people's reactions to things. I think it's more pronounced than most NTs. The ADHD community helped me some and a lot of psychology books. So when I come here I have to remind myself that people here will be blunt and not as understanding about why people act the way they do. And sometimes I can be as equally as impaired by it. It's probably just my ADHD meds that make me really have time to gain some more understanding about the words and motivations of others.

I have severe sensory issues that can limit my experiences. I've also had a regression of skills. While my autism has gotten worse so has my hyperactivity.

There's still a lot I can relate to here though. I'm still learning very basic social skills that NTs just give the impression are obvious things. I might share the latest one in another thread. See what people think.

Don't worry about not appearing autistic enough. I was once like that but now I can't control stimming, I'm impulsive in my words though I have more of an idea on appropriate conversation topics (sometimes I just say it anyway) and I have a whole lot more outbursts/meltdowns. I think it's my PDA/ODD.

A few people here (the only ones to comment directly on what they perceive my severity to be) say that I am not mild, and my therapy records say that autism is my most impairing problem and that I am significantly impaired, so I do not think I am too mild.

I don't really think anyone is too mild to be here. You can be an NT and participate, after all.

No, I don't feel too mild. If anything, I feel like a lot of people here are "milder" than me.

I think half the problem is expecting the ASD community to be filled with people just like yourself. It's a nice idea but the reality is the opposite. As we are generally more individual, often through having a lack of other people to interact with or not wanting to interact with others, we are less likely to find common ground in my opinion. We're more comfortable doing our own thing a lot of the time so how are we likely to be similar?

Also we have a liking for sameness and consistency so adapting to the differences and unpredictability in people is hard work for us rather than something to find energising as NTs tend to do.

Then there's the extrovert/introvert split. I would expect there to be extroverts on here looking to make friends and socially bond with others but also introverts for whom this is their only social interaction so there's bound to be a lot of differences in nature and attitude. The main thing is not to let the louder, more socially confident posters overwhelm you as there's room for everyone to make their point and be heard.

There are times that I feel that I'm less intelligent than most of the people here. I don't care for the words mild and severe. I find that some threads are difficult for me to participate in, because the previous posters have been having an in depth conversation about something technical, logical or mathematical. I post about cute and simple things like special interests, Sweet Peas and feelings. I don't really have a problem with that, though. I feel that there's a place for every member on WP.

Of note, I always thought this place was the hangout for the mostly mild and self-diagnosed (barring several moderate to severe individuals).

Lots of posts about "severe" symptoms and whatnot are par for the course with autism.