@IzabelaKaramia@actuallyautistic well that was fun to do .. I am only more monotropistic than 8 % of autistic and 79% of allistic… I think I have just learned to mask so much I have conditioned myself away from my natural response.
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Well, this explains /a lot/ and describes me well. My spouse now quietly walks in and sits in my office and waits until I disengage. When I was younger, I could go all day without thinking about food (and was quite thin). One time, I was concentrating and holding a pencil; that pencil ended up stuck in the ceiling when someone tapped my shoulder. (Nobody has been that stupid, since.) Now I have word for this behavior:
Monotropism Score: 186 / 235
Average: 3.96
This score means that you are more Monotropic than about 30% of autistic people and about 91% of allistic people.
This score means that you are more Monotropic than about 18% of autistic people and about 87% of allistic people.
Sounds right to me. Quirky hyper focusing guy, but not to the point of needing adaptations.
Well, working in a scientific environment, where being able to focus and ignore the social noise of the office is a benefit, probably helps. 50+ years of learning to let go of frustrations and anxiety (including yoga classes) probably helps too.
@IzabelaKaramia@actuallyautistic thank you for linking this. Always more to learn in my never ending quest of trying to figure out what the hell is going on, haha
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Mine is "Monotropism Score: 201 / 235. Average: 4.28. This score means that you are more Monotropic than about 65% of autistic people and about 98% of allistic people." Which sounds about right. It does feel very different from all the other assessments I've taken @actuallyautistic
It's a questionnaire developed by researchers who have developed the monotropic theory of autism. The website which describes the theory is at https://monotropism.org/
I find it pairs well with Intense World Theory, though IWT tends to be more concerned with the sensory experience autistics have of the world.
Monotropism is more about how autistics process and think about the world, in my opinion.
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I just read the test without actually answering, just to see what was considered a valid evaluation.
I found that I would be all the way to the top on a lot, probably at least 80%. But the terms "anxious" & "anxiety" derailed a lot of them for me. I don't think I am ever "anxious." Perhaps I don't understand the word. I get annoyed, irritated, worried but to me it is not "anxiety." If there is something concerning, I either tackle it or turn away.
I've just done it too. No real surprise as I have considered monotropism a core part of what autism is to me. It was an absolute pleasure to meet the creators of this questionnaire. Thanks @ferrous et al
Monotropism Score: 221 / 235
Average: 4.70
This score means that you are more Monotropic than about 95% of autistic people and about 100% of allistic people.
@IzabelaKaramia@actuallyautistic@ferrous Like you say created by autists for autists. I usually hate questionnaires as they're riddled with ambiguous & unanswerable questions but I absolutely flew through this.
I often struggle to choose between "[dis]agree" and "strongly [dis]agree", because all I can focus on is that one time when I didn't exhibit the behaviour, so I think I might score lower than I should.
...or maybe my own biases make me think I should score higher, while the results are correct?
Thoses tests... they do not bring me peace of mind. 😭
The other surveys ambiguous questions often caused me to hedge my choices and go more towards the middle responses. Here for me I could pretty much check off answers on the ends
I often feel like I have a foot in both worlds, so I guess I should be unsurprised to find the score reflects that. I do like how this quiz manages to be less perplexing than most of them - if they are confusing to me they must be absolute mind benders to autistics!
Monotropism Score: 166 / 235
Average: 3.53
This score means that you are more Monotropic than about 4% of autistic people and about 73% of allistic people.
Your description sounds similar to me; a diverse set of hyperfixations which rotate on multi-year time frames.
"If you've met one autistic, you've met one autistic" is a common refrain in the community 🙂 For me, there's no compelling reason to seek clinical diagnosis - if I would even pass! It's enough for me to understand that my mental shutdowns and social missteps have an explanation and that I am not alone. Aside from the negatives, I am fortunate to get a lot of positives from my neurotype.
@JoBlakely That's rough that people weren't able to look past your appearance! I definitely have the hyperlexia one, somewhat ridiculous scores on literacy as an 8 year old I never lived up to 😅 My challenge with appearance is that people don't see the mental strain when I am close to a mental shutdown.
The real annoyance, and maybe one common to a lot of late diagnosed, is that no one ever thought they should tell me specifically what weird meant. No one was like "uh hey, you know you have ADHD/autism right?" Social taboo apparently 🫠
@JoBlakely oh this is something I think makes me very lucky. My parents never stopped me from being me. They definitely encouraged “normlacy” but my interests were never discouraged. At least you can take a different path with those you are close to :)
@JoBlakely damn :( I’m sorry you had to deal with that. Hopefully you have found people who accept you for who you are rather than wanting you to be someone else, even if you are still searching ❤️
@JoBlakely fair point, hard to know who knows and it can be risky to broach neurodivergence with someone.
Choosing vulnerability is a brave thing for tou to do ❤️ I’ve always kinds missed (or ignored? Im not sure) those power relations. My own (perceived) independence is born from luck and happenstance. Im happy to work for others so long as I am trusted and there is mutual respect.
It’s definitely more fun embracing those in your tribe rather than fitting into a culture that wont really accept anyone for who they are.
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