The main benefits can simply being sure you are (or aren’t) autistic. You can also have accommodations. Whether you want to get into a diagnosis process or not it can be interesting to talk to a therapist

Cooking time is very variable, focus more on the look, smell and taste than a precise timing. Taste regularly. Cooking is all about experience so the only way to really get better at it is to try and retry, taking notes may help.

I take breaks until I’m ready to start. Risky but work for me

It feel like they think to me, I don’t know if it’s really the case but it’s still heartwarming. I got pants, not too hot, not too tight, with enough cotton. It’s like it give a meaning to the hours I spent without finding a good pant.

Worse, I didn’t learned to hide it.

Not necessarily ai, but I use recommendations of message app to make a 2-3 word answer instead of a single word one

I don’t know how or where you can pass such test. If you think it will make you feel better you should go for it. Just keep in mind it won’t change what you are, only how you see what you are.

I guess your confusion come from the difference from your expectations (being smart) and what you read (logic deficit)

Peoples around you say you’re smart but do they say you’re logic?

Intelligence is hard to define but seem more like a spectrum to me: someone could have very good logic but very bad memory for example.

Also it’s not because you read it that it’s true. What the test exactly mean by “logic deficit”? How you was when you passed it? How old is it? You changed since you’re six.

The most important question is: Is it really worrying you, would you actually feel better with a confirmation/disconfirmation?

It’s progressive for me, sweat feel uncomfortable then irritating, tiring, and finally painful/burning. But it also depend of my mindset, I’m a lot less tolerant at home where I should rest.

Caffeine, melatonin and different painkillers. A book, my ID and priority card, a water bottle. And if I’m traveling I add an external battery and cables, a console. I also tried to put in my comfort food but it’s chocolate and it melt.

I don’t always need someone to interrupt me for this to happen.

I don’t relate to ARFID but when I need to eat without wanting to I usually listen to/watch a video or a serie at the same time.

Oh, my mother! I want to see this!

Anxiety, resting need, self esteem issues, trauma, headaches, need to keep my hands clean (and not touching anything clean if hands are dirty)

I talk with autistic mainly online, and online I unmask. So I’d say pretty poorly

Sometime it come ans last few years, then I don’t care for my rotations for a certain time

Lego is the largest tire manufacturer (Oddly, even if it’s my favorite fact it’s not related to my SI)

Some store let you command online and ship it to you or let you pick up your command in drive (even without car).

In few country Lidl offer quiet evening (tuesday from 6pm to 8pm). There’s probably other stores doing this

I’ve also heard a lot about loop earplug but never tested

I prepare a shopping list every time and stick to it to reduce the more I can the time I spend in the store.

Then let say all the suspecting and researching phase that lead to it

Quand les gens comprennent pas ils downvote? En fait je n’ai aucune idée de comment reformuler ça. L’idée c’était d’entendre des gens qui ont fait où qui sont en autodiagnostic pour me faire une idée des ressentis. (Je crois que c’est encore moins précis qu’en anglais)