How surprised are people to find that you're autistic?

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Same scenario for me. As a person with high anxiety as well, it's a miracle that I don't feel the need to flap or rock or spin. Even as a child I didn't rock or spin, and just flapped a little when I was 4 but flapping isn't uncommon in children at that age and I grew out of it.

I have not yet been diagnosed, but my experience in telling those IRL that I'm suspecting has been somewhat mixed.

A close friend of who's insight I really trust told me that she didn't see it aside from in my sensory issues with food. This was a bit shocking to me. It was right after I joined this forum that I had the discussion with her and it threw me for a loop with doubt.

Others, including my sister, have been the opposite, though. My nephew is autistic and was diagnosed early on and late last year when I expressed to my sister that I may be autistic she started telling me about how that would make so much sense.

When I told my optometrist when she asked if there was anything new, she said she was also AuDHD. When I tell my friends they’re like, “oh that’s why we get along so well.”