5 Autistic People Answer Same Question: The Surprising Results! Video interviews 

Fantastic video! Thanks ❤

This is so good! Thankyou!

Like you guys, I've lived a large % of my life in my own world. I 'drift off' a lot into my inner world. I feel really sad that a lot of my friendships go wrong and I only very rarely feel understood - but I never feel lonely - just sad. I love my alone time and did as a kid too. Its so nice to find similar people here in your wonderful community Jenny. You're doing a great job of making us feel heard, seen and understood. Thank you ❤

Thank you for doing this Jenny! It was really scary to share my thoughts in a video, but after reading the comments I feel better. Beautiful poem Lisa 😊 I realized that I forgot to mention that I didn't suffer from loneliness because I did have an autistic friend growing up. We didn't know back then, but we both were diagnosed as adults. I now realized how lucky we were to have each other.

I really liked what Alejandro said about living in the 2 different worlds---that's it for me too! and paying a toll to go to an awful day at school, but the happiness when coming home. That was long ago for me but I remember it clearly and still feel it when I have to go somewhere. I love being at home and just going out in nature alone to connect with everything around me and feel whole again. His walking -along video style was wonderful too. This was a great idea, Jenny...and hopefully more like this to come!

As an NT friend of an AS person ,Lisa’s poem was a great way of helping to explain to me how autism feels.

Not sure I ever congratulated you on hitting 1000 subscribers. Congratulations!

That was Great!! What a great idea. I really enjoyed listening to others. I bet you will have even more response next time, now we know what to expect. The video shared how far and wide Autism is. It doesn't matter where you live or how old you are, the struggles for Autistic people are real❤😊

Hmm, I feel like I jumped off track a bit. Jenny said exactly what I wanted to say but couldn't... Hello Gwennie! I could listen to you more as well!!! Alejandro - I understand you too! Lisa - Great poem!

Each and every testimony sounds like a different page of the same book. I can relate to all of them, there is so much to say, and it is so hard to find the words. And if you keep receiving answers and making more episodes on this topic, you'll probably be able to show how rich and subtle and misunderstood our inner world is. I mostly relate to Gwennie and to Lisa's powerful and poignant poem, maybe because of personal experience. Thank you so much Jenny, Jeffery, Gwennie, Alejandro and Lisa for sharing !

this was amazing - i hope to participate in the future~

I related most to Gwennie for obvious reasons. About the time she was officially diagnosed I became self-diagnosed. I am also 71 years old. I would love to have a cup of coffee with her. I would love to have an autistic friend in my own community. Someone I could have deep conversations with, who would understand that there will be times I will not have the energy for it. I am married, but have no real friends outside of my husband. I find them easy to make, not so easy to keep. I, like Jenny, know that this is mainly due to not wanting to put in the time and energy it takes. I appreciated hearing from everyone in this video. Great video, Jenny. Jenny, is there a reason you don't have a link to your Etsy shop in the description area of your videos?

Thank you Jenny and thanks to all of you. This was a great idea and I found it so interesting and touching hearing each one of your answers. Please do another one of these Jenny! No pressure though 😉

My nephew has Autism, and watching this video has given me a deeper understanding of why he is the way he is. I believe that truly understanding an individual with autism takes time, but once you do, you realize what good-hearted, creative, and amazing people they are! I am grateful for these videos as they genuinely help us in understanding individuals with autism. Keeping doing what you’re doing!👏🏻

Interesting answers! The answer to that question, of course, will always be yes. By definition, every autistic person is living in their own world. This is one of the ways that I can tell that I'm autistic.

I don't feel like I live in a different world, I feel like I'm FROM a different world. It's constant, ongoing culture shock. It's as if these beings speak a language, subtext, that I don't possess the ability to learn. They have an entirely different set of senses, designed for bright spaces, and made to filter out things. It feels like I'm just not from here, at all. ...I'm just stuck here. And the best I can do is find and befriend the others who also got stuck here.

I am not the Lisa who wrote the poem but it brought tears to my eyes. What a perfect end to the video! I used to wonder if I was adopted I felt so different or on the outside in my family even. For the first time I feel exposed, actually seen and understood. It’s a bit uncomfortable because attempts at real communication with anyone usually leave me feeling I said something wrong and regret talking and decide not to do it again. I am 62 not officially diagnosed but have been told today autistic traits that someone sees in me. The person has an autistic daughter. I was recently embarrassed at doctors office in waiting room sitting there not realizing I was on my tip toes until it got uncomfortable. I put my feet down only to not long later caught myself doing it again! Nobody said anything to me but I don’t like that I am completely unaware that I do that until I feel discomfort from it. It makes me feel a bit like a freak what must people think!

the feeling that describes me the best is that I am a dimension traveller, it gives me comfort. I had a poem once that did go something like this: traveller that you knock on my door, still the dust from other worlds on your shoes, be my guest. in the moment I feel very stuck in the world of others and I hope to move back to nature in hopes of better flow. thank you for these insights.

I really like this type of participation video. I hope you do more of this.

Cool video

I know I live in a very different world …as an older person I remember reading up on Body language in the early 1980’s but I still didn’t get it …Thanks for putting this video together ❤

@Iamjustflux my husband could relate to your story the most. His name is Jeffery also. He goes by Jeff. My husband has had pretty much no friends for years but in high school he had one, and it was a family member. So, I was glad he watched my video yesterday and I knew he would relate to your story. He has not been diagnosed but i want him to at least take an online test. I know he's autistic. I've been living with the dude for 17 years! LOL😆

Sorry, I was planning to record a video but got distracted with life. However, I feel like Im somehow never alone enough but yet more liike an alien that somehow just doesnt belong or know the way things quite work. I love to be around my family, for awhile. I actually love to be around a few people that are somehow connected mostly through others in my life. But again for a limited time. Then I need time to ... reboot. I generally feel more like an alien that people cant communicate well with & dont understand well. A failure at being a sucessful Human. I dont speak the same language or have the same kinds of interactions as the other humans. So, I end up losing friends & then am back on my own. Hoenstly, I dont really mind being on my own & sometimes wish I could be by myself much more. Yet, confusingly, I sometimes wish I could have a few close people that understood me better & would be ok if we dont hang out all the time. Someone who we could get along & click well & understand each others vibe & be willing to hang out but not have to a bunch. Make sense, even though thats confusing?

Yeah.

When I was a child I was constantly inventing stories in my imagination that I lived in. I can't do that anymore. I now feel like I am stuck in reality. So I usually am looking for an escape by reading books o watching RU-vid videos. I mostly watch RU-vid videos now, to be honest.

I wanted to have time to respond to this but had some pressing fixes with the water at home. I have had the feeling standing on the planet saying out loud"am I speaking english" wondering if anyone can even understand what I am saying. I have even taken english in college just to be sure, so its very confusing but after a recent diagnosis at 47 I understand that they dont understand how its possible to think like we do, with our good intentions at times when we are being berated for not being typical when in fact we could even care more. while not always the case as far as absolutes go, it has been my experience.