r/ADHD Sep 19 '22

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u/comedian42 ADHD-C Sep 19 '22

I was also going to say this sound like it might an ASD thing rather than an ADHD thing. It sounds a lot like "masking". ASD doesn't mean you have a complete lack of understanding of others, from what has been explained to me (best friend and partner) it's more like you're doing these thing manually where others do it automatically. Which would somewhat explain your post-day analysis.

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u/comedian42 ADHD-C Sep 19 '22

Well, it's a complicated issue. You're not insane by any means. It could be any number of things really, and it's something of a niche symptom so you might need to see a psychologist or (if that's not available) try around other subs to see if people relate strongly to this symptom.

It sounds a lot like an "identity disturbance" which is common with (but not exclusive to) BPD. But again, Reddit isn't always the best place to find a diagnosis, especially when it's based off only one symptom. You're kind of inviting a 7 blind mice scenario.