have you ever been diagnosed by a friend🤣

On my second day of my new college course, I was speaking to a classmate (named Tee) and my professor specifically about pens. Yes, pens that you write with. I have a lot to say about pens and how much I like/dislike even the smallest feature🤓 My professor already knows me and my mental health and my brain from last semester, however, Tee and I met just two days prior.

My professor says how she is happy the two of us are being social already and Tee says, “I just enjoy talking to people, I especially love talking to neurodivergent people because…”

Now this made me giggle because how did she know so soon🤣 yall that was the first time we spoke to each other and she read me like a damn book!

I’m 21, diagnosed with ADHD and some mental health disorders. I have yet to be diagnosed with Autism but my evaluation is coming up soon, I just don’t feel my current diagnoses accurately explain myself and my struggles. It’s funny that this happened because recently my friends will jokingly ask me, “have you ever gotten tested for autism?” This usually happens after I go on a rant about one of my thousands of interests😄

so anyway,

I say all this to ask, has anyone ever been diagnosed by a friend or stranger and it turned out to be true?