Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
Home DramaAlert

Holly Madison on Autism Diagnosis, Behaviors That Have Been Seen as ‘Offensive’

rmtsa by rmtsa
December 10, 2023
in DramaAlert
0
Holly Madison on Autism Diagnosis, Behaviors That Have Been Seen as ‘Offensive’
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


Girls Next Door alum Holly Madison says she’s “made excuses” for her own behavior since childhood, but gained a better understanding of herself when she was diagnosed earlier this year.

Holly Madison always knew that she was introverted and didn’t always connect with people, but now she has a much better understanding of what’s going on with herself. The Girls Next Door alum shared that she was diagnosed with autism earlier this year.

The 43 year old opened up on the Talking to Death podcast about her diagnosis and how it’s helped reframe her understanding of herself. While she said she’s been “suspicious of it for a while,” the reality star said her mother’s suspicions go all the way back to childhood.


Getty

Holly Madison Recalls Why She Didn’t Publicly Mourn Hugh Hefner’s Death

View Story

You might also like

Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson Hold Hands On Date Night In Chapel Hill

‘Leave Me Alone’Missing Texas Woman Found Living In Scotland

How Fans Reacted to Millie Bobby Brown Baby News

According to her mother, a young Holly would “zone out a lot,” while she admitted that she’d always struggled socially, “not recognizing social cues, not picking up on things the same way other people did.”

One thing she didn’t struggle with, though, was making excuses for her behaviors. She first blamed growing up in Alaska, then the “big social change” of moving to Oregon. She just decided she must be a more introverted person.

Now, though, she can understand why she processes and interacts the way she does after being diagnosed with “high executive functioning autism.” Madison was quick to note, “It’s not as extreme as for other people. So I’m not a spokesperson for everybody.”

“They call it a spectrum for a reason,” she added.

On the Call Her Daddy podcast back in 2021, Madison had floated the idea that she was “not neurotypical,” thinking perhaps she had Asperger’s syndrome, a term no longer used and considered part of the larger autism spectrum disorder.


Getty

Hugh Hefner’s Son Marston Talks to Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt About Growing Up in Playboy Mansion

View Story

With her level of autism, she said she “can pretty much go about my life and do things, quote-unquote, normally.”

Even so, she noted that there are ways she inadvertently stands out in social settings. “I think because I’m more quiet, I’ve only recently learned to make eye contact,” she shared. “I’m often in my own thoughts, things like that, so people take that as offensive. They’re like, ‘Damn, you’re not super interested in me, f–k you!'”

She said she doesn’t “have a gauge for when other people are done speaking, so I tend to interrupt a lot, which pisses people off.” She thinks she’s been perhaps rubbing people the wrong way over the years with how she’s interacted with them.

“They think I’m, like, stuck up or snobby or think I’m better than everybody else,” she said.

“Like, I’m just not on the same social wavelength as other people but don’t take it personally,” explained the former Playboy Playmate. “So I like being able to explain that.”


Getty

Sia Reveals Autism Spectrum Diagnosis 2 Years After Backlash Over Film About Autism

View Story

One place she was able to thrive successfully socially was when she worked at a Hooters restaurant, but Madison has worked out why that was so much easier for her. There was structure and rules.

“They kind of had a persona you were supposed to adopt,” she realized. “There’s so many rules on how you’re supposed to interact as a Hooters girl that I felt like I was able to navigate social situations because I had those rules.”

One takeaway from her diagnosis and reflecting on what that’s meant for her all these years, Madison said that she would ask that people maybe have a little consideration for what others might be living with.

She asked that maybe consider “that everybody operates differently and [when] interacting with anybody, just have a little bit of patience because you don’t know what they’re dealing with or what their level of social function is.”

As for herself, Madison is happy that she’s learned this about herself as it’s helped her to be more patient with herself, and explain to others what’s happening. “I can apologize to people if I interrupt or talk over them and tell them why,” she said.



Source link

Tags: AutismBehaviorsdiagnosisHollyMadisonOffensive
Share30Tweet19
rmtsa

rmtsa

Recommended For You

Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson Hold Hands On Date Night In Chapel Hill

by rmtsa
August 22, 2025
0
Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson Hold Hands On Date Night In Chapel Hill

Bill Belichick Jordon Hudson Lends A Hand ... Date Night In Chapel Hill Published August 22, 2025 10:08 AM PDT Bill Belichick shifted his focus from the Xs...

Read more

‘Leave Me Alone’Missing Texas Woman Found Living In Scotland

by rmtsa
August 22, 2025
0
‘Leave Me Alone’Missing Texas Woman Found Living In Scotland

by Jameelah Mullen August 22, 2025 She is safe... or is she? A Texas woman reported missing by her family has been found alive. Kaura Taylor is a...

Read more

How Fans Reacted to Millie Bobby Brown Baby News

by rmtsa
August 22, 2025
0
How Fans Reacted to Millie Bobby Brown Baby News

"stranger things has been going on for so long that an 11 year old millie bobby brown experienced her first kiss filming on that show, and now she's...

Read more

‘Peacemaker’s Freddie Stroma Worries About Young ‘Superman’ Fans

by rmtsa
August 22, 2025
0
‘Peacemaker’s Freddie Stroma Worries About Young ‘Superman’ Fans

As Peacemaker returns to HBO Max for Season 2, one of the ’11th Street Kids’ is worried about attracting the wrong audience. Freddie Stroma, who plays Vigilante/Adrian Chase,...

Read more

Lil Nas X hospitalized in Los Angeles for ‘possible overdose,’ say reports – National

by rmtsa
August 22, 2025
0
Lil Nas X hospitalized in Los Angeles for ‘possible overdose,’ say reports – National

Rapper Lil Nas X has reportedly been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a possible overdose. In a video shared by TMZ, the Old Town Road rapper, 26, was...

Read more
Next Post
The Lakers Win The NBA’s First Ever In-Season Tournament

The Lakers Win The NBA's First Ever In-Season Tournament

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse by Category

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized

CATEGORIES

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized
No Result
View All Result

Recent News

  • The Haunting Of Grimley Manor in Afterlight’s December 2025 Solicits
  • Anita Slaps Leslie On ‘Beyond The Gates,’ Was It Good For You?
  • Everything New on HBO Max in September 2025

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In