I’ve know I’m autistic for ages now but I only got diagnosed recently and now it’s in the open i thought “hey people won’t be surprised or look at me weird when I’m stimming”
I was very wrong
Example:
I was literally in the support room at my school for neurodivergent kids and i pulled out my phone to check the time, (i have rottmnt leo stickers on my case fyi) and this kid noticed and asked if I liked the show.
I said yes and she asked who my favourite character was, so I got really excited to talk about leo lol
I was jumping on the spot and flapping my hands talking about how much i loved leo until i saw this girls face then I looked around the room, almost everyone was looking at me with looks of like-
Idk how to explain it
Shock / disgust / discomfort
Even people from across the room + the teachers supervising
Why are you looking at me like that ur trained to look after neurodivergent children you can’t look at them like at when they feel comfortable in a space to stim?!
(I used to physically stop myself from stimming around anyone, my parents used to tell me to stop and stuff sooo)
Even my other autistic friend looks at me weird when I stim.
What am I doing wrong?
I do the same things they do and I don’t look at them weird?
I don’t understand
Does anyone else experience this?