Might I be autistic? help and opinions are appreciated

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Hi Hounds. I know this isn't the forum for it, but since you're the only person I've encountered from Israel in a long time, this might be my only chance to ask.

I prefer foreign language films over Hollywood's because Hollywood is all about making money and their ridiculous happy stories are fake to the point of inane so I avoid them like the plague.

All the Palestine-Israel films I've seen paint the Israelis as the bad guys and the Palestinians as simply trying to gain their social rights. The Palestinians live in squalor and fear of the Israel police while the Israelis try their best to live with this conflict even though they know that, at any time, one of their malls can go up in flames.

Are these depictions accurate or is it exaggerated for a world audience? Thanks.

Despite what you were taught as a child, Israel is not a 3rd world country.
There are plenty of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, however I am concerned being misdiagnosed.
I am a young female after all, they might just throw BPD at me after 20 mins as it is the easiest thing to do.
I am ashamed of sitting in front of a stranger, talking about my private life.

Apologies, I intended no offence. I know Israel has plenty of psychologists/psychiatrists, the question becomes whether you can find one skilled in diagnosing autistic adults, which is difficult to do no matter what country you live in. BPD and ASD are significantly different disorders; the former is a mood regulation disability, the latter, a social one. I've heard of doctors misdiagnosing ASD as ADHD, OCD, and sometimes learning disabilities, but never BPD. I could be wrong though; just because I've never heard of it doesn't mean it's never happened.

You probably are because what other kind of person would make a post that resembles the Great Wall of China?

A way to tell is if it seems like other people act like they can read other peoples minds and know how they are feeling without those people saying anything. Another thing to tell is if you think someone is mad at you or annoyed and then they deny it when you call them out on it. But then again people can just lie and say they're not even though they are. Think if the past like if you were ever accused of anything like showing off or laughing at someone or if anyone kept telling you to smile or asking you what's wrong when you felt fine. Another way to tell is if you were watching a movie and another person could tell how that character is feeling and you didn't know that character felt that way. Sometimes it takes other people around you to figure this stuff out before you finally connect the dots. Then the label seems to explain your childhood and your moments and incidents and you now think 'ah ha, I thought those kids were just trying to get me into trouble and trying to get me upset and being mean to me but now I think it was my facial expression that was off so they thought I was laughing at him.' And also "ah ha, I think I might have misread situations because I can remember being picked on and I would be the one in trouble for getting upset and the other kids were off the hook, but now I think they were just teasing playfully and I took it personally because I thought they were being mean to me. No wonder I thought the adults would side with the bullies. I was the bully but it was unintentional and they didn't know about autism.'


Also my advice would be to talk to your family and about your childhood and ask about the symptoms of autism and if you displayed those or not and if they ever noticed them.

I've heard of doctors misdiagnosing ASD as ADHD, OCD, and sometimes learning disabilities, but never BPD. I could be wrong though; just because I've never heard of it doesn't mean it's never happened.

Sorry for quoting you in such a delay but I just noticed this lol.
About me not using facial expressions, are you sure it has anything to do with being unable to read other people's expressions properly? or what are you trying to say, is it related to non verbal cues?

Apologies, I intended no offence. I know Israel has plenty of psychologists/psychiatrists, the question becomes whether you can find one skilled in diagnosing autistic adults, which is difficult to do no matter what country you live in. BPD and ASD are significantly different disorders; the former is a mood regulation disability, the latter, a social one. I've heard of doctors misdiagnosing ASD as ADHD, OCD, and sometimes learning disabilities, but never BPD. I could be wrong though; just because I've never heard of it doesn't mean it's never happened.