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The Most Autistic Phone Call I Have EVER Seen | Autistic Reels

I'm Autistic, Now What?

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00:00 Let's gooo IG
00:30 I'm flirting with you
04:17 Autistic Souls meeting the Wild
07:50 Have you eaten today??
09:40 The most niche special interest?
11:20 An AuDHD cat?
13:00 Autistics spending money
16:10 Masking caught on camera!
21:02 4 Types of Masking

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@imautisticnowwhat Creator 2 years ago (edited) Pinned

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Let’s take a (probably much needed) break from TikTok and look at some wholesome and unhinged #actuallyautistic Instagram reels instead! We have someone being recognised as an autistic person by a stranger, autistic flirting, the pain of spending money, and a live phone call (which is actually a brilliant example of masking) for you to second hand panic about with me 😆

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As always, thank you for being here!! See you soon!! 🥰

@zuki_uu 2 years ago

i recently told my mum that i think i may be autistic and the first things she told me was "youre too smart" and "youre just acting autistic" excuse me what?!? 😭😭

@electronicblues 2 years ago

i just remembered the story of how my mum found out my dad is autistic. when i was starting preschool, i started showing signs of autism and my mum was like "that's weird. that is Not normal" and my dad was like "yes it is, i was the exact same way as a child." 2 years later, i got my diagnosis and my dad went "huh. wait. hold on" and now the entire house is 3/4ths autistic lmao

@eor27 2 years ago

I would have never even considered being autistic if my sister hadn't told me she thought I might be autistic. So I'm all for peer diagnosis as long as you are being respectful.

@RiverWoods111 2 years ago

I was diagnosed in the wild by a 5-year-old non-verbal kid. This kid didn't talk to her parents at all, and didn't cuddle with them. She met me the first time, I was taking care of her in a nursery because she did better in the baby room. I didn't know what to do with her, so I invited her in and figured she would show me what she wanted and needed. I hadn't heard of autism at that time and didn't know what it was. She curled up in my lap and slept for 90 minutes. 3 weeks later she spotted me across the park and started yelling my name out to get my attention. Both times her parents were just shocked, they didn't even know she understood what names were (totally underestimating her because she didn't verbalize). Then when I got over to them, she gave me a big hug! It took me 25 years to figure out what she was telling me. That little girl recognized me immediately and knew that I was like her.

@all-american-hips 2 years ago

the woman ordering the yogurt parfait was SO me though like the way she immediately went into this very calm, controlled voice when she was on the phone and absolutely exploded the moment she hung up. whenever i have to talk to strangers i'm just immediately like "oh god oh god act neurotypical" and i become this uncanny valley gremlin. nobody does social interactions like nd people trying to mask

@samuel_excels 2 years ago

I have never felt so seen until I saw that Paige Layle telephone call, the preparation, the psyche-up, then managing to sound "normal" and not utterly terrified to the people on the other end and then the euphoric, shaky sigh of relief after you put down the phone. I realised afterwards that I had been holding my breath and quietly shaking watching that.

@catholica.pandam 2 years ago

Catholica Pandam here: Thank you for being nice about my special interest, I got so anxious when someone sent me this video because I thought it was going to be a cringe compilation but you were actually nice abt it so I appreciate that

@caswanden454 2 years ago

Paige's phone call is so real. You psych yourself up, second guess every aspect of your script about twenty times, and then you pick up the phone and THE NORMIE VOICE ACTIVATES. You sound completely calm and put together, you do the whole interaction like that, and then as soon as you hang up you just about whiplash back into yourself. Nobody masks like an autistic person on the phone.

@xjagwitchx 2 years ago

That phone call was so stressful 😂 She was extra brave for filming that

@OkiSmokey 2 years ago

That call was THE BEST example of masking I think I’ve ever seen- you so clearly see the mask go up and come off where one second they’ve got so much emotion and the next they seem like this is something they do everyday and is second nature to them but then once the situation is over all the emotion comes back

@jasonkatknapp 2 years ago

My first autistic "diagnosis" was from a game chat where after chatting for a while, someone asked me if I was autistic. When I answered no, she replied that she wondered because she works professionally with autistic kids and adults and I reminded her of her clients. That's when my research started.

Also, I feel that parfait room service one. Our hospital changed how they do meals. You used to give your choices to a nurse, but now you call down to food services yourself from your hospital room. I stayed overnight with my hysterectomy and learned this the hard way. The nurse kept reminding me to call and order meals because I kept procrastinating.

@michajozwiak5557 2 years ago

There are only two ways I can call people who aren't my closest friends: when I'm extremely angry or after about 15 days of soul-crushing procrastination and overthinking.

@tjzambonischwartz 2 years ago

The autistic strangers meeting in the wild has happened to me a couple times in the last month. Once with the lady waiting in line behind me at the pot dispensary, and another with a young woman cutting my hair at a barber shop recently.

Us 'tistics can spot our own from a mile away.

@rqincy 2 years ago

i told my mom i could be autistic and she says i shouldn't limit myself and implying its a bad thing 😭

@SRMoore1178 2 years ago

20:20 Now she will spend the next several minutes in terror waiting for the food to arrive and hearing the KNOCK at the door and having that short interaction.

@JasperPardus 2 years ago

Being asked by a random stranger if I am autistic and how I could react would have to depend on the tone they used. Most do not believe that I am autistic when I do reveal it to them. Love your videos!

@doodleplayer4014 2 years ago

I script orders, too, but my massive social anxiety entirely eclipses my meagre masking skills and I end up stammering something barely audible out while I slowly die inside. I have massive respect for anyone that can handle that and improvise on the spot.

@OopzyDayzy 2 years ago

"have you eaten today" looks like the book is a D&D book from the size and red bit on the spine... easily can be a special interest, lots of lore to dig into and be absorbed by.
Paige's phone call was amazing, thats how i feel every time. i struggle with calling family members even, because i dont want to interrupt whatever they are doing.

@christinesizemore3 2 years ago

the phone call is SO RELATABLE 😂😂😂
- horrible anxiety, literally almost dying, physically unable to make the call
- dial happens, regrets are had, tunnel vision kicks in
- perfectly sensible and efficient interaction
- waking from the near death experience and being able to cross That One Thing off my list for today