Can I be autistic if I’m hyper aware of subtle social changes?
I’ve suspected I’m autistic for a few years now, but the one thing I struggle with is that I feel like I’m hyper aware of social nuances. I notice the tiniest shifts in people’s tones and body language and when I bring it up, I’m told I’m overthinking it. Yet, I always clock it correctly. I realized I was being treated differently by my boyfriend’s friends’ girlfriends for months, but it wasn’t overt. Then one of his friends told me that the girls had been talking poorly about me and that one in particular had started spreading lies.
It’s stuff like that where I pick up on these things that make me question if I am autistic because I feel like everything I learn points to autistic individuals struggling with social cues, especially subtle ones.