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Oh yeah, my dad. Growing up my mom always said how he and I both had od little mannerisms. Of course I grew up on a farm in a rural place so nobody really took mental health too seriously.
"Therapists are for rich people," my parents always said. And yeah, we were not that.
Anyway, with my current attempts to get a diagnosis, I started to realise that the things my dad and I had in common (Hyperfixations, aversions to certain textures, mimicking nerotypicals.) What's funny is I recently also was taught that autistic people's special intrest can be "People" and that's like my dads second main special interest.
If I had to think of a VERY loose comparison, Kabru comes to mind, though my dad has a much less calculating way about him. He is also the classic autistic stereotype of insanely good at math, excelling in geometry. He also has a ton of other special interests, tractors, antique milk bottles, and also true crime/bio pics/documentaries on groups of different people(though I feel that ties in with his human fascination)
The funniest thing, though, is that me and my dad and I really couldn't be anymore different 🤣 we are the perfect example of "If you meet one autistic person, you have met ONE autistic person)
I'm seriously starting to suspect my mom is autistic and she just doesn't know it yet or is in deep, deep denial, considering the stigma and all the misconceptions/prejudice she has about mental health...
Anyone had a similar experience?