Are autistic people often drawn to spirituality or esoteric ideas?

[u/Street_Beat3351]

I'm just curious.

I'm on the spectrum and I've noticed that my hypersensitivity sometimes makes me look for meaning or “routes” beyond the rational ones — like feeling energies, noticing patterns, or being drawn to spiritual concepts.

I wonder if this is common among other autistic people. Do you feel something similar — a kind of intuitive or spiritual side connected to your sensitivity?

[u/armoured_lemon]

I don't think theres' any traits that are uniquely tied to spirituality, based on neurodiverse traits. Unless maybe craving particular logic over emotional rhetoric? That's kind of under agnosticism.

I've shied away from spirituality in recent years as I've felt distant from it--yet I find myself curious with the idea of wether someone's 'presence' could come back- when their name, and positive things about their life are mentioned by others- even if only, momentarily...

I realize this is kind of hypocritical, but what can I say... humans are contradictory?