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Recent late diagnosis

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Hi,

I've recently been assessed as having Autism (Aspergers) at 66 and am very much still absorbing this. Lots of rejections on my life, especially re my childhood and what can go wrong for me in friendships.

I'd like to be able to chat with others in a similar situation,  it feels a bit lonely at the moment.

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  • I was diagnosed at 55, now 58.  And I'm still processing it all and looking back at the past through a different lens.  It feels as though I completely misinterpreted lots of key events in my life and attracted lots of blame and judgement because I was doing a very poor job of pretending to be neurotypical.  I just didn't realise it. 

    That's not to say that there isn't some relief and even pleasure to being more self aware and accepting these days, just that it's all been a very long haul and I'd like some small part of my life to be less about struggling and more about being genuinely myself. 

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  • I was diagnosed at 55, now 58.  And I'm still processing it all and looking back at the past through a different lens.  It feels as though I completely misinterpreted lots of key events in my life and attracted lots of blame and judgement because I was doing a very poor job of pretending to be neurotypical.  I just didn't realise it. 

    That's not to say that there isn't some relief and even pleasure to being more self aware and accepting these days, just that it's all been a very long haul and I'd like some small part of my life to be less about struggling and more about being genuinely myself. 

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