Am i on the austistic spectrum? Or am just an attention whor

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You have to get the battery of tests-conducted by an actual mental health professional - to be assessed and get an actual diagnosis.

But if you're just curious about the possibility that you're on the spectrum- yes- many folks who blend in to society turn out to be "high functioning" autistics. Ive taken one of those online tests several times. And it just says that I am about fifty-fifty (have both NT and aspie traits). But when I went for the actual tests with a specialist doctor I was officially diagnosed with aspergers.

So -you dont have to be the rain man to be autistic. You dont even have to be Sheldon Leonard from the Big Bang Theory (to take the two biggest media stereotypes).So to answer your question-yes- the possibility that you might be on the autism spectrum might be worth looking into.

My advice FWIW: be comfortable in your own skin. It is a hard path to tread at times, especially when it comes to the social aspects of life. I had few friends at school. Today I really only have two "best friends". One became a best friend at the end of my schooling. Ironically he had teased me before we became friends through common interests (he later confided in me that he had suffered bullying at school too). We ended up playing together in a band, fixing engines etc. - he had a strong interest in motorcycles. The other deep friendship I ended up in a decade later was again through guitars/bands. All along though I've preferred lone pursuits; I have a deep love of electronics (design, build) and I still enjoy going on solo tramps/hikes with any trappings like emergency beacons, cellphone etc.; just being well prepared for changes in weather and a determination to save myself whatever difficulty I might get into. I own my mistakes. I rely on no-one and hate it when people try to rely on me to fix their self-inflicted problems. I took online tests after recently discovering what autism is and immediately found out why I had been different from most around me all my life as well as answering my inability to understand others and socially connect. It is hard when you are young and feel left out. I know. I am too old to care now. I wish you well in the future.