Do i have autism?

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Sup.

I have self-diagnose with autism and i am wondering what you guys think of this:

1. I dont like the sun, it is to bright and hurts my eyes when i look close to it
2. I am sensitive to touch and dont like to be hugged even by my parents
3. every day when i go to school i walk past the same tree and feel sad if i dont
4. I HAVE TO shower with undies on or i feel dirty, like a slut
5. I sometimes struggle to explain my emotions to my girlfriend
6. I can read faces and body language all ok but i am bad social, no idea when i am been rude
7. My balls have no hairs on them?? not sure if related to autism or not but all my friend say they do and the rest of my body does have hairs. yes I have reached puberty
8. I am very intelligent, even though i dont make it seem like it. I just cannot be stuffed writing properly because it takes too much of my attention which i want to be focusing on my legos
9. As a kid i was obsessed with trains

I saw a chaplain at my school and he says that there is no way that i am autistic because i can make eye contact and have a lot of friends. I was like 'WTF do you know about autism?' in my mind, obviosly too scared to say it. I think i really need to go and be diagnosed because it will help me to fix my problems. I hate feeling marginalized by people that say there is no way just because i can do some things.

Tony Attwood said that people that suspect they are on the spectrum are right, so i dont know why everybody keeps telling me that there is no way. It seriously makes me feel offense and wants me to rip their brains out.

Oh also my dad is engineer and i always have bad thoughts that i dont want to be an engineer just beacuse it runs in my family. I think he will be disappioined though, so this causes me to prayer. Could it be OCD?

please answer, i really need help. Feeling really down lately and i have no idea what is wrong with me.

I can't diognose you as Autistic based on one post and your Chaplin is not qualified to diagnose you as not autistic. Most I can say is that you have some autistic traits. If you feel your life is being impaired seek help from your school psycholgists. The idea is not to find out if you are autistic, but to find out what is impairing you be it autism or some other condition.

Tony Attwood did not say all people who self diagnose are right but that most who do are correct.


Good luck and do report back to us what happens.