Haha, I remember sitting in the classroom at school doing this stim for hours:
I'm enjoying Hunter Hansen's autism YouTube channel. I haven't been diagnosed, but I have many of the characteristics at a functioning level. I made the connection in my early 20s while doing my psychology degree (which I specifically did to try to understand others better). While I don't care whether or not I really am autistic, looking into it has definitely helped me in a practical way to learn coping strategies so I don't get too overwhelmed.
This was a good video:
I especially like that Hunter comes across as pretty "normal". While my immediate family accepts my occasional autism-ish-ness, my extended family directly say they don't believe it. I like his video on masking; it really felt true to me:
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