Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm recently diagnosed both adhd (in December) and autistic (3 weeks ago) and, while I can see my autistic traits as an adult, I really can't remember a huge amount in my childhood. I'm 49 so it's been a long time since I was even a teenager and my mum has been filling in a few things, but I really don't remember a lot. I remember social stuff, like only having a small group of friends and preferring to be in the library rather than out in a huge group, but I don't remember how anything made me feel. Like I don't remember any sensory issues or meltdowns or anything like that. My mum says I was quite an anxious kid and I would get upset about odd things, but I really don't remember any of it. Anyone else late diagnosed and understand this? It's really frustrating when I'm trying to piece everything together.
I remember my childhood well going off exploring I made friends with a bunch of neurotypical girls on my street they were good and kind to me sadly we grew apart as our interests changed. I also remember this was a very early memory that I was over my grandparents house watching my favourite cartoon my parents were in work and the cartoon had finished. My grandfather that I called bamps got the push chair out and the dogs lead and we go for a walk and pick blackberries I’d be in the pushchair and the dog Sian was with us.