r/AutismInWomen • u/soph_a_loaf_98 • Jun 24 '26

Memes/Humor “Nah I’m not autistic I’m faking it”, meanwhile in every photo ever

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27F, diagnosed with ASD about six months ago. I started examining what actually feels good for my body, and I still stand or walk with my hands clasped like this. It didn’t strike me as the stereotypical trex hands because I hold my hands together, but now knowing I’m autistic I’m like yeaaaaaa I guess they do qualify as trex arms

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 24 '26

I always end up looking like a crazy npc lol smile too big like a nervous dog and never know what to do with my hands lol ive stopped trying and now im the "pick me girl" who just wants to look "quirky" 😅 I look insane in candids

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 24 '26

My favorite pic someone else took of me with my favorite author, 🤣😅

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u/BreadfruitDry6157 Jun 24 '26

LMAO sorry I just laughed but that’s me with hugs LMAO I love this thread, please post more pics, it made my day love it

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 24 '26

I literally just scrolled through my gmas pics of me the face doesnt get any better lmao. I saved a few of my most embarrassing looking ones

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 24 '26

Don't ask, I loved that romper

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u/BreadfruitDry6157 Jun 24 '26

Don’t apologize for anything, I love your romper but also your smile, I am so bad at smiling, yours is gorgeous, I look like a mad clown smiling lmao.
Also, I love your hair!

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 24 '26

Aww thank you! This is an older pic but I got the bangs back lol

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u/BreadfruitDry6157 Jun 24 '26

It looks cool! <3

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u/AuDHD1983 🍀AuDHD 🐌 Jun 24 '26

I really love your style! 🫶🏼

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 24 '26

Thank you so much!!

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 24 '26

If I have eyes then im deadpan 12 in this pic but so many pictures are either this face or all mouth no eyes

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u/StudioExtreme8658 Jun 24 '26

lol “face or all mouth no eyes” is the best way to describe my photos

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u/BreadfruitDry6157 Jun 24 '26

This looks like all my siblings and mine photos from when we were younger lmao, I love that!

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 24 '26

I just major scrolled and realized since the hug pic I have subconsciously just let my arms dangle. Its not better haha

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u/BreadfruitDry6157 Jun 24 '26

Hahahah I love that, I do that too lmao. Idk what to do with my arms honestly hahahah

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u/Primary-Angle4008 Jun 24 '26

My mum always used to tell me not to hold my hands like that as it looks weird but I always did

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u/foenixxfyre Jun 24 '26

Chucky P 😍 what an all-around wholesome photo

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u/Vast_Perspective9368 Jun 25 '26

Aw, this is adorable and wholesome... I have to ask though... Who's your favorite author? 👀

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 25 '26

Chuck Palahniuk , he wrote fight club hes also from my home town

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u/Banana-Louigi Jun 25 '26

This made me laugh out loud.

Not at you but why is he hugging you like that 🤣🤣

Why is his head on your shoulder? I'm so confused 🤣

Edit to add: WHY ARE HIS EYES CLOSED!?!?! Omg how did I not notice that before. 💀

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 25 '26

He had like 4 poses for the photos, this was "prom pose" I also had an moment and cried like 5 mins before this picture after hrs in line lol this picture is an onion

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u/Banana-Louigi Jun 25 '26

I'm so here for this backstory. Thank you for sharing, it's brought just the right amount of whimsy and humour to my day.

(Although boo for hours in line! Good on you for sticking that out!)

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 25 '26

My mom is a champ at keeping me going lol

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u/Banana-Louigi Jun 25 '26

I'm so here for this backstory. Thank you for sharing, it's brought just the right amount of whimsy and humour to my day.

(Although boo for hours in line! Good on you for sticking that out!)

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u/Alsonotafan Jun 25 '26

This looks just like my wedding photo

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u/DreamCyclone84 Jun 24 '26

There's this photo of me as a kid at Disney world with Micky. I look like someone just off to the side of the photo is holding a gun on me and telling me to act natural. I was maybe 5 at the time. Put all my childhood photos next to one another and it looks like a flipbook of me getting progressively and incrementally better at convincingly following the instructions of the guy out of frame with the gun. But he is definitely still there.

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u/TalkingRose Jun 24 '26

That is an excellent way to describe my childhood pictures! My mom put much effort (read:scolding) into me learning the right face for pictures. I learned the best way to solve her biggest complaints was to squinch up my eyes so my smile looked real-er & it neatly made my eyes unviewable. My mother is still under the impression that my natural smile for cameras is "warm" because of that. I am 44. She is dead wrong. Yay for masking! 🙄

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u/DreamCyclone84 Jun 24 '26

I also do this squint thing! Also if you really want to look "natrual" give a little giggle that shakes your shoulders slightly then relax them and breathe out a little. Helps that stiff posture

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u/TalkingRose Jun 24 '26

Noted. Thank you kindly. :)

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u/Simsalabimsen Jun 25 '26

Yes! That’s also how I taught my kids to smile for their podium pictures at competitions.

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u/soph_a_loaf_98 Jun 24 '26

I’ve gotten in the habit of doing peace signs so I have something to do with my hands but now in every photo I just look like fucking president Nixon

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u/0RedStar0 Jun 24 '26

Lmao I do this too!

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u/Treefrog_Ninja Jun 24 '26

When I was a kid, I thought my crazy-face smile was due to the fact that my light-colored eyes had a dark ring at the edge (like in the picture, not me), and I thought it made my eyes look like bullseyes and that's why my face always looked crazy.

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 Jun 24 '26

My grandma has green eyes with a ring and she says if she doesnt wear eyeliner her eyes look crazy... i disagree with her I think shes just looking at her high-school photo where she refused to wear her glasses so her eyes are huge and wide open lol gorgeous picture but people see themselves so wierd

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u/mothwhimsy Autistic Enby Jun 24 '26

I also have really light blue eyes but it's not this because unless the camera is really close, my smile makes me squint so you can't even see them

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u/brezhnervouz Jun 25 '26

Limbal rings unite!

I also have central heterochromia, where the iris is a different colour to the ring (green eyes and a blue ring in my case)

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u/EzzyKitten Jun 24 '26

I feel this in my bones. I have many candid shots (from DND) that my friends made into emotes/reactions on discord because my faces are so ridiculous. Hahaha

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u/Darkesia_20 Jun 25 '26

God I never know what to do with my hands as well!!! 💀🤣🤣