Published on 12, July, 2020
My therapist asked me whether I know any other autistic people today and I realised that I don't. Admittedly I've been somewhat isolated due to my mental health, but, I'm working on that and I'm working on getting back out there.
My fear is that I'm too autistic for neurotypical people yet too normal for autistic people due to my high masking skills.
Are there any pros to trying to socialise and get to know more autistic people? Any cons?
None. Funny, I'm very late diagnosed. But so many of my friends from my youth also are now self identified or diagnosed.
I think we have a knack of finding eachother
Dawn said:I think we have a knack of finding eachother
We tend to circulate on the fringes of parties and social gatherings and identify one another from the shared antics of trying to not be a part of it all.
That alone gives us something to talk about and the shared connection from whatever the event is gives us a little bit more to talk about and before long it is time to go home and you have a new friend.
That happened with my fiance and I. We both thought we were neurotypical when we first met and now we have discovered that I'm autistic and he has ADHD.