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People at work are always so surprised when I tell them I'm autistic. It's a lot of "Oh wow, I never would have guessed!" and "You sure don't seem like it!"

And that's cuz they don't see me when I get home from work, tear off all the clothes cuz over-stimulated, crawl under the weighted blanket in a dark room, and cry for an hour til I'm regulated again.

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Simx72 :gaming_kirby5:
@actuallyautistic Wow

But, is autism related to depression or something.

I have an autistic friend who also I wouldn't have guessed he is, I mean, sometimes he is kind of weird but in normal weirdness ranges, i mean, everyone is weird sometimes. But I really don't think he gets home an cries, nor think he even acts different. But I don't know of course, its also a weird and kind of rude question to say "hey, when you get home, do you feel ok, is it because you're autistic?"
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Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻
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Autism isn't "related" to depression, but they do tend to coincide often. Not because of the autism itself, but because of how society generally treats autistic people, this can lead to depression. Add to that the general lack of information most people have about autism, means that many autistic people don't know what's going on with them, or why people treat them like they do, so they think that something is wrong with them, which can lead to depression.

But lots of people who are autistic may not appear that way. There are many reasons for this:
1) Most people don't know much or anything about autism, even professionals, and thus wouldn't know what to look for. Many autists are not even aware that they are in fact autistic.
2) Each autistic person is different. There are many traits associated with autism, and each person will have varying amounts of each of those traits. This can make some autists appear more "normal" than others.
3) Most autistic people have learned to hide their autistic traits due to the poor treatment they receive from others because of them. This is called "masking" or "camoflaging" and it forces the autist to behave in a way contrary to the way their brain is designed. This can cause a great deal of stress and even trauma, and can lead to problems such as depression.
4) Many of the traits associated with autism are in fact a result disregulation or trauma, which can be experienced by other marginalized groups such as transgender people.
5) Autism often co-occurs with many other conditions, such as ADHD, OCD, HSP/SPS, etc. adding further variance to a person's behavior and personality.
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StarkRG
@actuallyautistic That's the thing about masking, you won't ever know what they're like without it. If they've done it for long enough, they might not either. It probably manifests in ways you might not think about, like needing to leave social gatherings before everyone else (due to the exhaustion of maintaining a mask with so many people around), or being choosy about what social situations they get into in the first place.

And, yes, depression is pretty common.
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Sheru (she/her)
People's autism can manifest different. Especially in someone like me who is femme vs your friend who I assume is masc due to the he/him.

The crying for me isn't depression, it's overwhelm and overstimulation and just exhaustion from being "on" all day.

Also, autistic people are constantly traumatized by society. It's hard to tell if something is brought on by trauma or if it's a result of being autistic, as there aren't really any untraumatized autistic ppl.
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