Hi all, this is my first post but I've been struggling recently.
I've been diagnosed with autism for around 6 months, at age 30, after several years living as self-diagnosed. One of the biggest issues I've had since is a feeling that I have no idea what my identity is or who I am any more.
I know a lot of this is tied to masking and I've been thinking a lot about how I've changed myself and my interests to manage in certain situations and to make an identity for myself and this has gone back to when I was a teen.
I was just wondering if/how anyone else has managed this, and got through it? It causes me a lot of stress, sadness, and inability to trust myself as I'm not sure I know who I am anymore.
