Autism and Getting Older

Hey People!

Me again, I hope you don't mind because I have another question.

Do you think as you get older your autism gets worse?

As a teenager I was really bad but then in my 20's I learned to handle it better but I'm finding that as I get older I meltdown faster, get sensory overloaded much more quickly and cope less than I used to say 10 years ago.

I seem to lose it much more often these days than I used to and I'm finding myself going out less because of it. I have seen my GP who has ruled out depression or any other mental condition so it must just be autism.

What do others think?

Parents
  • i think that as you age, your experience of the human condition drifts further from that of an NT and therefor the more "weird" you appear, but your coping strategies continue to evolve right up to the point were you stop trying to fit into a society that makes no effort to accomidate you and you go full hermit...

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  • i think that as you age, your experience of the human condition drifts further from that of an NT and therefor the more "weird" you appear, but your coping strategies continue to evolve right up to the point were you stop trying to fit into a society that makes no effort to accomidate you and you go full hermit...

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