How often do you think of your "autism"?

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You mean only when one is thinking? I mean, when im running really fast i dont really think im thinking...or using language, i might have something motivating me but its far greater than just words, usually some kind of emotion.

I mean only when dealing with language, as in either reading, writing, preparing to write, or having a conversation.

When I'm not dealing with language, I don't have to use the awkward categories language imposes, and generally don't.

What are you using when your not using language? Emotions, feelings,...telekinetic powers? I personally feel showing emotions especially in front of others embarrassing sometimes, like being naked, but then again some of the best feelings come while being naked

All the time, I would say, which makes sense considering it hangs over my head and limits pretty much everything I can do.

When not forced to use language I think in patterns of things. I don't know a whole lot how to describe it right now. But it's not language. I use those same patterns to handle language through, but language itself is foreign.

are you usually happy when you think in these patterns....what im getting at is maybe since language does have some kind of inverse proportion to the patterns, you could go the other way around and use language to make your patterns change and get the ones you want to keep coming up? eh, im thinking out of the box right now, dont mind me i was just curious about your other form of communication. i think your just dancing so to speak with very strong emotions, i know that when im angry or frustrated, playing music on my guitar helped me let it out, video games also did the same for me, the very fast 1st person shooter types, exercise is my newest form of release and it makes me healthier, awesome combo.

I wasn't talking about other forms of communication to my knowledge. I was saying that when I'm not dealing with situations that require the use of language, I don't think of "autism", because "autism" is a language-based idea.

And I think you've misunderstood my use of the word "patterns" completely. I'm not talking about being stuck in a rut.

I used to think about it all the time, but it's kind of been put in the back of my mind for now.

Try not to

I think of my autism a lot. But not necessarily in a negative way. Like, I see myself as autistic, and I do admit that htis is a big issue fo rme lately (well since my dx half a year ago), but not always as in its bad consequences.