Does Gaga have autism?

[David Ward 9,415]

1. She has deep special interests and obsessive focus - She immerses herself fully in projects and creative concepts. She has a level of hyper focus and all encompassing interest in specific topics (fashion, fame, music production).

2. Intense sensory experiences - She has revealed in the past her hypersensitivity to sound and emotion. She said in interviews she can feel music physically and that overwhelming stimuli can be both painful and euphoric. Sensory sensitivity is common in autistic people. 

3. Ritual and routines - She def has creative ritual habits and needs routine and structure which reflects traits of autism 

4. Extreme empathy - She has described being deeply empathetic often makes her emotionally exhausted. These feelings are strong and can be overwhelming for her.

5. Early childhood - She was misunderstood and bullied. Autistic people are often described as being out of sync with their peers 

6. Stimming - Rubbing her legs to soothe herself 

 

[spookytanooki 1,006]

Was GagaDaily a mistake?

[Quentin 6,322]

I heard once that she had the same autism as Bill Gates, not sure if it was real though!

Edited 5 hours ago by Quentin

[nATAH 51,594]

[TheFrenchGuy 621]

Possibly but as an autistic person it's none of our business and para socially diagnosing people does nothing good

[LunaUniverse 4,043]

Autism is a spectrum that encompasses many symptoms, however diagnosis is a very personal and private thing. One shouldn’t just assume off of a stranger’s public behavior at surface level 

[Elizabeth 510]

I appreciate the effort you've taken to make this thread and I don't think you mean this disrespectfully at all,  but I'm not sure this is something we should be speculating about.

[gagafan1394 281]

this is a weird thread 

[David Ward 9,415]

2 minutes ago, TheFrenchGuy said:

Possibly but as an autistic person it's none of our business and para socially diagnosing people does nothing good

 

Just now, Elizabeth said:

I appreciate the effort you've taken to make this thread and I don't think you mean this disrespectfully at all,  but I'm not sure this is something we should be speculating about.

 

2 minutes ago, LunaUniverse said:

Autism is a spectrum that encompasses many symptoms, however diagnosis is a very personal and private thing. One shouldn’t just assume off of a stranger’s public behavior at surface level 

Very true and fair! My apologies 

[Bonkers 29,925]

Which rituals?  The satanic ones?   Those are record label requirements/deal with the dark lord. 

[GagaGame 3,856]

Rituals? Ofc, she sold her soul

[steven 6,144]

I don't think we should discuss about this unless she wants to talk about it, but I do think she could be neurodivergent.

[Neringa 74]

I think she's not autistic. Autistic usually avoid physical contact and are hard to understand other ppls emotions. Which is opposite for Gaga

[faysalaaa 4,945]

There is nothing wrong with trying to figure out if someone is Autistic, I dont know why people have an issue with it

[Ladle Ghoulash 28,385]

37 minutes ago, faysalaaa said:

There is nothing wrong with trying to figure out if someone is Autistic, I dont know why people have an issue with it

I honestly just think speculating about someone else’s health (mental health, neurodivergence, etc) is kind of invasive (not that it would be shameful or an insult to imply someone was autistic or anything). Also I think the criterion people apply is overly broad and a lot of people online have a tendency to overly pathologize human behavior in general (categorizing fairly normal behaviors as ADHD symptoms, trauma responses, signs of autism etc). 

Edited 3 hours ago by Ladle Ghoulash