Yet another defence against potentially being labeled as a person with "a developmental disorder."

 I am not afraid to admit I struggle with emotional problems: being depressed, being obsessive and compulsive, handling stress and often finding myself overwhelmed.

      But in the context of people saying I should be tested for autism, many of the aspects of my personality and the way I think that are being pointed out are not problems. Other peoples' difficulty empathizing with and understanding me the way I am able to empathize with and understand them and everyone else is not indicator that I am the one with an empathy and understanding problem.

      I don't think I'm a better person for having a gift of greater capacity for objectivity and cognitive empathy than the average person. Everyone has different strengths, unique character, and I genuinely feel this also gives each person irreplaceable value. But to be blunt, me being able to explain me better than you can explain you "just because", should not be used as an argument that I am the one who suffers from a problem with their development.

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Ah yes, I have the disorder of having enough self-awareness to know why I do the things I do and this habit of USING MY WORDS to communicate important thigs according to WHAT THE WORDS MEAN AND WHAT THE SITUATION IS instead of only telling people what I think they want to hear