A question for aspies who look much younger than they are

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I'm 28 but everyone assumes I'm about 23. I don't fast and, although I'm now trying to reduce this behaviour, I have been eating plenty of chocolates and other sugary/fattening foods over the years.

I eat frequently and unhealthily, yet I've been assumed to be the younger brother (though I'm 8 years older). I think it's simply that I act younger and am not as intelligent as he is.

P.S.- Don't tell him I said that.

I was believing i had at least got something great of ny mum - the genetics.

I still have to show my ID when i want to buy tabbaco or alcohol at the supermarket which i feel is embaressing me very much.

Eating...well i snack...but ill forgett to eat or it could be the choice of food aswell which is very limited.

I am often mistaken for someone a decade younger. If not for the white hair, it would be two. I don't keep much of a schedule on food or sleep. I feel a bit bi-polar, having productive and recovery phases which I try to moderate with more regular meals. Still, yesterday I had to quit working and eat just because I was getting weak.

At this present, I somewhat could control how young I appear.
I may choose to look tired or focused with certain levels of tension, and have my glasses on.
Or not, be a little more careless and choose to be curious and blunt. Even restrain less to an extent.


Some days I neglect eating by losing time/forgetting it, and at least half of those days I don't feel like eating because I'd spend too much on it.
Sometimes I ate too much instead, and had most of money on it because ah, cravings.

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I look younger than I am myself. I'm not skinny. Certainly my mannerisms make me seem younger, but I'm told I have a baby face. I've noticed this in other autistics, both the skinny and the fat. Perhaps because we use our facial muscles less, as well? Natural botox?

I look about 20 years younger. I think the calorie restriction that comes from forgetting to eat might play a part.

My eating partly sucks because I grab quick food for lunch.

I may still get carded though and I'm 41.

When I'm meeting people, and have been giving them a bit of my history, and they remark on my age, I usually say "Oh, I took a few years off" and get a laugh. Maybe I was just oblivious to the common worries for much of my life.

When I was 16 I used to get into the movies for the childrens(under 12) price. I got proofed well into my 20’s.

I have been told I look about 10 years younger than I actually am.

I look 2/3 of my age. When I were 24 people asked me if I am still in middle school or starting high school. When I were 27 people were asking me if I had my 18th birthday. Now I am 29 and people assume I am 19/20.
It's quite troublesome - to be honest I am sick of explaining "Yes, that's how old I really am. Want me to show you my ID?" when people don't believe me and dealing with the assumptions I have the experiences of a real 29 year old (a fair amount of job experience, a few relationships, perhaps a child) if they believe.

I look 19/20, i feel 19/20 and my life experience generally fits that of an 19/20 year old. All that doesn't fit is my actual age. How do I change it?

As for your question - I was a picky eater as a kid, I do forget to eat at times and when I do my calorie consumption is low (despite being an adult I never grew out of the child/half portions, eating adult portions seems "too much").

My diet is “normal”

I do exercise several times a week.

I jokingly say I have a portrait in my closet that looks much older than I do.

I eat a little too often than I should (ie. overweight), but it is my life to enjoy while I am still here. In my defense, I am walking an average of four to five miles a day going to and from work. My real age is in the 40s, but I have been told that I look no older than 25 by many people at the university.