- I am 51 and had late diagnosis few of years ago. I have tried all my life to fit in but failed miserably. Didn’t realise I was masking and now understand why I couldn’t maintain it for long and why I would become so exhausted I couldn’t talk anymore.
i now have no friends, have been rejected and criticised by everyone I have ever known. I can’t work in my office due to the discrimination I have suffered and have managed to work at home just because of pandemic. They have tried to get rid of me a few times but I have asserted my rights under equality law.
I am so lonely but I feel unable to trust anyone to get close enough ever again because I feel I can’t face any more rejection and pain. I can’t be myself and I’m too tired to socially mask. I am drinking too much alcohol some days but seems to give a bit of respite just for a short time. but I hate being alone all the time.
I don’t know how to get out of this slump. Are there any support or social groups in Manchester that can help?
