Do you identify firstly as autistic or firstly as something else?

- some identify with a horoscope sign, or another psych thing like BPD, or maybe they have their own personality they identified

For me I wonder if I should firstly identify as autistic because well firstly Im self diagnosed but secondly it’s like I go long time periods not thinking about it and then I forget it, but then life head butts me with some problem and then I remember “oh yeah that’s probably something that happened because I’m (insert trait such as naive, too trusting, etc) because of autism.

If I kept autism in the forefront of my mind as my main identity, it could possible help me avoid falling for the same old traps or feeling bad for failing yet again socially. Stuff like that.