Do you try to fake NT?

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You must feel relieved now that you had your official diagnosis.
I suppose I had reasons to suspect I had Aspergers and then confirming it on an online test - there is a chance the result could be a self fulfilling prophecy. In other words did I skew my answers?

I tried doing the tests a couple more times and I still get the same result. For instance the AQ test I consistently get 43 (the cut-off for autism is > 32). While the caveat says these do not constitute a diagnosis I am fairly sure all the boxes have been ticked.

Despite this I'll continue walking the streets of Melbourne as an NT because simply I can.

I am glad to have the diagnosis. I do need it, where many might not.

People take me as NT, just weird and a bit hyper/restless, I think. But when I tell some I'm autistic, they say it makes sense. Sometimes, anyway. Those who don't tend to fixate on what children or more severe autism are/is like.

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In my mind, I am just as NT as anyone else. Others might not see it that way.

Alas people either don't know what autism is or Aspergers or they think of Dustin Hoffman in Rainman. No happy medium yet.

I tried that in the relationship before my last one. Failed miserably and slaughtered tge relationship. I've always tried to be myself from then on.

I do it mildly, I make more eye contact, I will try to be appear more engaged in social situations, try to go along with the NT group vibe mentality. Where my faking goes in the strongest, I fake empathy when its expected, its not overt.

With some people, I will sorta disengage myself and Im starting to act by a script in how I should be keeping the quirks down, keeping my rudeness and outward disagreeing down, keeping my "off" statements down. I present sides to me that people wanna see, I dont outwardly pretend to be someone Im not however. It seems a lot of NTs do that. They've sorta developed a script, an outward persona that they mindlessly present to people cause thats what people wanna see.

I don't have to fake it. I'm something like 90% NT, I've been told. It's that last 10% or so AS that infuriates me. So close, yet so far. I get along with NTs, I look and act totally normal (even without trying) but I'm still not technically an NT, because of my symptoms. Eye contact used to be something of an issue for me, but after consciously working on it for a bit, it now comes naturally, to the point where no one would suspect I had to train myself to do it more.

I just try not to piss people off and when in a disagreement, I let the other side win.

I wouldn't even know how to fact or even remember to. It's hard to think when I'm around people, in that chaotic environment. I usually get so much sensory overload I can barely speak. I usually just listen to people, stim when the stress levels are high enough and join in on conversation when I can. But I get a bit bored with what people talk about. Only a few days ago my sister and my brother's girlfriend were talking about what food they liked for ages. Oh what is the point? I just laughed in my head. Most times people irritate me. Why pretend to be like a bunch of irritating and boring food lovers? They also make fun of me for liking Star Trek so they can can jump off a cliff for all I care. I'm not pretending to hate Star Trek for anyone.

Yep. I learned this early.
If you act at least somewhat like them, they will be more likely to leave you alone.

I learned later that if you can get really good at something, you can act how you damn well please just as long as you don't hurt anyone. Talent makes eccentricity acceptable.

No faking for me; I just tried to BE normal from ages 12 to 25, and inevitably made little progress at a fundamental level I guess

I suggest that there is no 'different' Self or cognitive pattern that can be overridden by 'faking NT' in most cases - The evidence suggests that it's perceptions that are 'awry' to begin with, not thoughts

I only fake it when it really matters, like life altering situations, other than that. I am a card carrying member of wrongplanet

I have to agree, as an artist and poet, people kinda expect me to be alittle weird....only if they knew MMMwwwwhhhaa