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The original was posted on /r/autism by /u/Sad-Particular-6740 on 2025-11-13 04:22:42+00:00.
I genuinely don’t get why people would want to be autistic? I don’t get why it is trendy to be like “oh I’m a little Autistic, I like eating pasta.”You can be quirky without being Autisitc. Like no one is actually normal. Everyone wants to be weird or quirky but none of these people get the actual pain it is to be seen this way and be unable to fix it or change how people see you . Like I spent so much of my childhood trying to figure out what people expected of me because all my interests or behaviors were seen as weird. I almost erased myself with masking because people kept telling me to be more normal. And now? It’s a trend to be this way! Things I got bullied for are praised all over the internet by people who glamorize this stuff. I struggle to smile at people, I can’t understand properly people’s tone of voice, I have to constantly tell myself what to do when I have a conversation with someone. I would like to come home at the end of the day and not crash out from masking all day. I would love to not have to pretend and actually be neurotypical. I would love to actually have the ability to make and keep friendships, instead of always struggling to do so because I find people so hard to understand. I’m content with the fact I am autistic but it’s a disability and it affects me everyday. I just wish people would stop glamorizing it and just be themselves. You don’t always have to justify being yourself with a diagnosis.