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?
I don’t know any autistic adults in my life. I do know a few autistic children, but feel that due to their young age it’s quite a different experience at the moment.
I do also wonder.. I’m not open in real life about my diagnosis, so maybe actually I do know other autistic adults but they to are not making it public knowledge. I’d love to know! But then part of that involves me telling people…
My sisters daughter is autistic, as is her best friend, and they are both 11 and the friendship is a nightmare as they both have very different levels of sensory overload, tolerance, interaction, communication and both have very specific needs and desires which seem to be opposite to each other, which makes it such a complicated friendship. I wonder if this is the case for two autistic adults? Whether it’s more complicated or easier to be both autistic?
That does sound complicated, and I guess it would be as none of us are the same are we?