Published on 12, July, 2020
My question is - do you have any place (community, environment, online,,, anywhere) where you feel you belong to and can be 'as you are' without masking or concealing the autism diagnosis?I'm an autistic adult who recently found out I'm autistic, in my 30s.Currently I feel a little lost, that I am reluctant to disclose my diagnosis at work, to my friends, even to my family... I feel I never experienced 'unmasking' too. So I'd love to hear some others stories who have places like you feel home.Thank you!
My bedroom. It's literally the only place I can be me. Everywhere else I have to mask especially at school! I try to be myself with my family but it's difficult. I've kept my diagnosis to myself I don't feel comfortable with the idea of everyone else knowing.
Thanks for the comment. Half of me feels like I'd like to tell everyone (literally everyone, like writing on social media's profile) but the other half of me is just afraid to tell anyone. I don't know why this is so scared to me