I'm not actually a woman, but I am AFAB, so I'm not sure I'm really welcome here, but I feel like if this is an autism thing, this is where I'm most likely to be understood.

My entire life I've been very prone to crying. Crying about the littlest thing, things I don't want to cry about, that are embarrassing to cry about, that I know shouldn't hurt me, but do. One of the worst cases was when I started playing a sport as a child and I had to quit, because I would cry uncontrollably every time my coach criticized me even though it wasn't like they were exceedingly harsh or anything and I knew it was only to help me improve, I just couldn't cope with that. I liked that sport and wanted to be able to receive feedback and I couldn't do it.

Now, as an adult, I can regulate it somewhat better, but a lot worse than I know I should. Recently, I was criticized for saying something insensitive and I really wanted to be able to have a mature conversation about it, act acceptable, all that, but instead of that, I started crying uncontrollably and it spiraled into a whole meltdown. I don't know, I really try my utmost not to be like this and yet I am. Is this a common afab autism experience?