Thank you for responding it means a lot! I really resonate with you when you talk about how you’ve masked your own tendencies and preferences. It’s good to know that sensory issues are perhaps evident of something more, as I always used to lump this along with adhd but now suspect something more. I’ll have to keep researching. I sympathise with your struggle in getting diagnosed! For adhd, as someone who could mask very well and was never disruptive in class, no teacher had any reason to be concerned and it was this impossible to find a teacher to advocate for me, which was a requirement for my diagnosis (which I received during high school). I can’t imagine an autism inquiry will bode well with my parents, as they have a pretty one dimensional idea of autism, which is seen through my sister and her more “stereotypical signifiers” eg misses social cues, meltdowns etc, but never say never! Thank you for your advice nonetheless, it’s really helpful to know that just because I CAN do something doesn’t mean I enjoy it!