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Most young people are not initially attracted to behavioral, personality, or intellectual traits. That comes a bit later. What catches the eye from a distance is physical attraction, then a period of observation, then you meet them, and then you find out what kind of person they are.Are Autistic people generally attracted to each other..? Like do they just know who’s Autistic whether they are diagnosed or not? Do they somehow magnetize each other? Curious on everyone’s thoughts?
Interesting. Now that makes me wonder if I was also misdiagnosed but I think not since my father has BPD - Bipolar. I got two diagnosis at once which I never knew could happen. I got diagnosed with Bipolar and Borderline. I guess they go hand in hand but since my last relationship with my first ASD person she told me once face to face that I am Autistic. She was the first person to ever say that to me and only one. I thought that can’t be a coincidence or out of the blue. I did deny it saying I didn’t act Autistic or diagnosed with it as a baby or toddler. I acted like a completely normal child but now that I am doing these evaluations to see if I am Autistic online it’s opening up the once blocked memories from my past and it’s making me see the world through a different lense.Since self diagnosing 12 months ago, I became aware that a large proportion of my previous work group that I was good friends with have been diagnosed as ASD or ADHD, so i do believe we are subconsciously drawn to other people on the spectrum, in that we 'speak' and 'act' in ways that those on the spectrum pick up on and understand easier than the NT friends/workers, which I find fascinating as only 1 of the 6 people from that group was diagnosed with being on the spectrum since we have all become aware in the last couple of years.
How this applies to relationships, i'm not experienced enough having only had 1 relationship (20 years) to go off, but looking back she does tick alot of the ASD boxes and was also once misdiagnosed with BPD (another common misdiagnosis of ASD). I find it a fascinating concept.
That is my understanding.They strike me as far more difficult to spot compared to my male counterparts.