6 Obscure Signs you're Actually Autistic

🐌 Become a snail! If you'd like, you can support the creation of these videos on Patreon! You can get 2 exclusive videos a month, access to the Discord server, podcast episodes, and more! 🐌:   / imautisticnowwhat   💛WATCH NEXT💛: The War on 'Autism Moms' Needs to STOP.:    • Are Autism Moms REALLY That Bad?   The 4 Types of Autistic Masking:   • The 4 Types of Autistic Masking   9 Signs You are Probably NOT Autistic...:    • 9 Signs You are Probably NOT Autistic...   📸 Instagram 📸 :   / imautisticnowwhat   📹 My Videos mentioned 📹: struggling with autistic burn out...:    • struggling with autistic burn out...   The Best Theory of Autism you've probably NEVER heard of...:    • The Best Theory of Autism you've prob...   📒 Sources 📒: DSM-5 book: https://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/doi/... DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria: https://www.tricare-west.com/content/... Different not Less by Chloe Hayden (read if you want to cry): https://amzn.to/40fKx2m Autism diagnoses could be twice as high: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/jun/n... Autism is Underdiagnosed: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la... Leo Kanner Early Work: https://autismtruths.org/pdf/Autistic... Autism and Perfectionism: https://link.springer.com/article/10.... Eating Disorders & perfectionism: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7757095/ Eating Disorders and Autism: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36213... BPS Article - I Can Only Apologise: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/i... Donald Triplett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_... Panic Attack: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-s... BPD and Autism: https://embrace-autism.com/its-not-bp... Emerging unstable BPS: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/a... BPD Traits: https://www.verywellmind.com/borderli... https://floridabhcenter.org/wp-conten... Research on Burnout: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/1... Catatonia: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-heal.... https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-... Burnout Tips: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-... Dyspraxia and Autism: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/e... https://www.spectrumnews.org/features... Dyspraxia Foundation: https://dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/wh... ADHD and Autism: https://www.spectrumnews.org/features... What is Autistic Inertia: https://autismawarenesscentre.com/wha... Autism and Inertia Study: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub... 📖 *Books I'd Recommend about Autism 📖 : Aspergirls by Rudy Simone: https://amzn.to/3xSZ6Mg Different not Less by Chloe Hayden (read if you want to cry): https://amzn.to/40fKx2m Unmasking Autism by Devon Price: https://amzn.to/3LhMV3j 00:00 Some things are missing from the DSM-5? 02:40 Can you handle mistakes? 06:23 The Most 'Disordered' Trait? (Skip here if you want to avoid ED talk) 11:30 Are you exhausted? 15:03: Should these two things be a separate diagnosis? 17:29 The most disabling part of being autistic? 19:39 Doctors need to learn about this... 22:29 Too social to be autistic? *These are affiliate links. The channel will receive a small commission if you buy anything on Amazon after clicking through with this link. There's no extra cost to you; any money will go towards putting out more content. I'd love to post twice a week and put more time into research for these videos. Thank you so much - I really appreciate every like and comment! DISCLAIMER: I am a second-year psychology student and a late-diagnosed #actuallyautistic individual. I am not a qualified healthcare professional.