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When and where do you feel you're being 'as you are' ?

Zoey
3 months ago

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!

Parents
  • 3 months ago

    For me, it would be my home. It's the one place I can truly be me. Having said that, if I'm visiting someone I feel comfortable with, then I can find it easy to be my authentic autistic self. Admittedly, as it's been just over 5 years since I last visited anyone that I felt truly comfortable with, I question if I would still find it as easy to be myself.

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  • 3 months ago

    For me, it would be my home. It's the one place I can truly be me. Having said that, if I'm visiting someone I feel comfortable with, then I can find it easy to be my authentic autistic self. Admittedly, as it's been just over 5 years since I last visited anyone that I felt truly comfortable with, I question if I would still find it as easy to be myself.

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