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PerkyOchrePeer · 04/02/2026 21:27

I had a job that was too stressful and my managers wanted me to get an assessment. I was assessed and given various tasks and I was told I had autism traits. It was assessed by a occupational therapist. I was shocked. They pointed out some things like do I lose things and I had to recite as many animals as I could in one minute and I had to do a maze puzzle in one minute and so on. I said im quite a social person and dont have issues meeting new people and can converse with anyone. Then I was asked if I like collecting information and I said yes. I like doing research.

Im upset about this. Im now in an easier more relaxed job.

I think the only people who can make a proper diagnosis is a psychiatrist. The occupational health person did say to ne take the results with a pinch of salt

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Graydays3 · 05/02/2026 12:13

PerkyOchrePeer · 05/02/2026 09:08

My mum was very rigid in her thinking and nobody could get her to change her mind. She was also a scheming manipulative woman who put up a front for anyone outside the family, and so everyone used to say your mum is lovely but behind closed doors she was not. My parents had no friends and my mum used to blame my dad abd say it was his fault, but when he died my mum still had no friends si she could not blame anyone else but herself. She used ti think she was superior to everyone. I had to put up with her for years with her jecke and Hyde personality. I hated her

My mum would of fitted with everything you wrote about your mum
I could do a whole thread on my mum ..
I came to the conclusion she probably had autism as well as me .
But thankfully I'm nothing like her

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