I am recently diagnosed but I have suspected I was autistic for a while. From the outset, I adopted a policy of being completely open with people about my autism as it felt like the right thing to do, because I thought that if people knew what it was like, it would help them to understand me.
Now, I am starting to wonder if I am oversharing with people. I have noticed people try to change the subject whenever I start speaking about it and I do wonder if it is starting to annoy people. That then makes me anxious and I spend hours after spending time with colleagues and friends agonising over whether I have made an idiot of myself. I would be interested to hear people's experiences of what they did post diagnosis and any strategies you have around oversharing stuff. Thanks.
