How do you feel about being autistic?

i was diagnosed with autism when i was around 7 - 8 years old, on the higher spectrum though when i was a kid the teachers thought all kids with autism were retarded so they put me in special ed which was annoying because i missed out on proper learning since i was stuck with the potatoes doing dumb shit like colouring and simple maths for toddlers. i went back to normal classes eventually though.

with my autism i find trouble more with communicating with people and making friends, mostly in real life because i can get really anxious and awkward while i find it easier to talk through text/online. i tend to be more logical and intelligent than others which is a bonus but being socially awkward is frustrating, i find it difficult to convey my emotions a lot and i get burnt out quickly when socialising so i tend to put on a mask depending on who i'm dealing with at the time to make it easier.

i use to get bullied a lot during my school years so i usually just made a fool of myself/try to be as entertaining as possible as that was really the only way i'd make friends by playing dumb and being a jokester.

personally i wish i didn't have it, it just gets tiring sometimes.

Ever since being diagnosed when I was a baby, over time autism felt kinda weird to me, I never understood people's emotions, I was always in my own world. I still do the both of the two, I often feel like different feels weirder and weirder the more I age.

I enjoy it.

I got diagnosed when I was 21 and I have mixed feelings about it. I feel like my episodes of depression and my anxiety are worse than my autism, but they could be a result of my autism so I don't know. I usually wish I wasn't autistic because it holds me back and makes me lonely. Sure it's my own choice to push people away but that's not what I really want, it's just that I can't tolerate anyone and feel overwhelmed easily.
It's also very difficult to get any help as no health care professional cares or takes you seriously if you look put together and don't spend the entire time you're talking to them having a meltdown or banging your head into the wall or something. You'd think health care professionals would know that what's going on inside isn't often visible on the outside, but they don't. They are clueless and cold and that means you have to fight even harder which leads to burnout or worse. So that's my experience on autism, overall not very positive but it has it's good sides too.

I was diagnosed when I was 7 and I enjoy being myself, but I don't enjoy others and how they treat me. I am constantly bullied even by so-called "adults" for being autistic and having special interests because of my autism. I am constantly ganged up on for being different, and whenever I try to explain why, they 100% of the time no matter who it is, say that they ALSO happen to have autism!!! And that THEY don't act anything like me!! So of course they know how it affects every person!!!

Never thought about it. I always felt 'different' and never really fitted in. Diagnosed at a mature age (over 40) and it was a relief to know there was a reason for why I am the way I am. And that, to answer the question is how I feel about being autistic. I am such so deal with it.

I’m probably what the doctors would call autistic or neurodivergent or whatever the politically correct term is for it now but I don’t believe in “mental disorders” or any of those conditions. They're all just personality quirks that doctors want to make money off. If you’re not retarded then you’re fine