Published on 12, July, 2020
I joined here around 5 months ago.
Since that time it's come to mean different things to me.
I think sharing experiences is invaluable but equally invaluable is the honesty I find here.
It's a place where we can talk about shared experience /our emotions/difficulties in a way that's impossible in the 'real' world - or at least if we speak about it there, it's unlikely to be understood.
It's a place to connect in a world where we often find connecting difficult.
I've received some PMs recently that have made me focus more on how very important this community can be to us as individuals.
Luna RIP called this her 'forum family'.
As a person who doesn't seek friendship (?or thinks she doesn't?), some surprising and valuable friendships have evolved from here for me.
How about you?
i’ve not been here long, but the amount of understanding, care and acceptance to just be myself and be allowed to struggle at times has been amazing.
I wish i could have friends like this in the real world too!
thank you to everyone
Well when considering that autists make up 2% of the population, youre 50 times less likely to find us irl, but we are there and you will likely be in the real world much-more frequently, so I’d your odds aren’t that bad..