I don’t think adjective-first is letting it control who I am. It’s just one of my qualities. I am kind. I am clumsy. I am intelligent. I am creative. I am autistic.

We come in different flavours. I don’t get sarcasm at all unless it’s spelled out like OP. But my autistic uncle is the most sarcastic MF you’ll ever meet

“this doesn’t taste of anything” a disparaging remark

“I can’t feel anything” rather alarming at times

Doubly so as a Brit

Do they have a partner or a close family member you could talk to? When I had a spending problem the only person that could help me was my partner. I put them in charge of my finances,l – gave them my cards, made sure to delete saved payment methods online – so I had to justify purchases to them first. They’d never say no to anything, it was my money after all, but having to justify my spending and taking a moment to consider really helped.