As someone who has recently started the diagnosis journey and who is yet to be actually diagnosed, reading things like this I’m curious (and a little anxious) about how a professional is likely to interpret my experiences.

For example, I have no problem interpreting facial expressions or gauging the mood of a group of people, but I do find myself getting hung up on explicit/literal interpretation of rules, I get fixated on a single subject, and I do get overloaded as soon as I walk into a situation with more than one activity to focus on.

However, I also have issues ignoring distractions, focusing on non-stimulating tasks, forgetfulness and fidgeting.

I’m curious what peoples’ experiences are with symptoms that cross (I guess, for lack of a better phrase) “fields of diagnosis”?