Does Alicia have an autism spectrum disorder? She was diagnosed with depression early on - and yet had the feeling that this was not the whole truth. New complaints and diagnoses keep cropping up. But what does Alicia really have? Why is she often overwhelmed by stimuli, why is she often overwhelmed by noise and why does she sometimes just freak out? Is it autism? Years of waiting for an appointment for an autism diagnosis, a lack of understanding and self-harming behavior. Alicia has now found strategies to cope with her everyday life. And: She has finally been diagnosed and the diagnosis is confirmed: she does indeed have an autism spectrum disorder. Despite this, life with autism is not necessarily easy. Oleg shows her what her everyday life looks like today. In our series "Is my brain ticking wrong?" we meet people who may have asked themselves this - somewhat provocative - question in the past and talk a lot about neurodiversity. Feel free to subscribe and don't miss any more films on the topic ???? You can find all the films in our YouTube playlist: • Is my brain ticking wrong? This film is for educational purposes. If you want to find out more about Oleg - here is his Instagram account: / olegyellowblue Reporter: Oleg Grygorov Authors: Samira Strobl, Cornelia Braun Camera: Sebastian Baumann Editing: Fiona Pex, Robert Stöger Community: Jan Rothe, Diniola Bajri Editors: Diana Kulozik, Florian Meyer-Hawranek Chapters: 00:00 "Diagnosis horror: Do I have autism?" 02:59 (Hint: self-harming behavior) Looking for the diagnosis 03:43 Social phobia or depression? 05:22 (Note: Self-harming and suicidal behavior) What happened after school 06:34 With neurodiversity in public 09:09 (Note: Suicidal behavior) Dealing with your own suicide attempt 10:37 (Note: Self-harming behavior) Meltdown in the clinic and borderline diagnosis 12:06 What is autism? 13:48 What everyday help is available for autistic people? 15:08 Pure desperation: Waiting for a diagnosis 17:06 (Note: Self-harming and suicidal behavior) What could have been avoided? 18:04 What does the diagnosis change for Alicia today? 21:03 Conclusion: This is how Alicia is doing after a visit to a café 22:53 Our recommendations for you This is #TheQuestion: There are these big, tricky questions that have no easy answers: Why do we bully? Why do we let animals suffer? Do we drink too much? Or: What does porn do to us? Our team and we are interested in questions that have something directly to do with our lives, but also topics that are important to all of us and are often only discussed superficially. We look for answers to these questions, week after week - openly, honestly and independently. We don't meet experts for this, but we are there: at the slaughterhouse, at the swinger party, while proselytizing in the pedestrian zone. And because we want to get to know as many perspectives as possible in our search, a question always occupies us for several weeks. In the end, we want to give an answer, even if that is not easy for us. With each video - but especially in the discussions with you - we come a little closer to an answer to the big, tricky questions. The question on Facebook: / diefrage The question on Instagram: / diefrage_offiziell The question on TikTok: / diefrage_offiziell The question as a podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Dg1kag... Our netiquette: https://www.br.de/puls/ueber-uns/puls...