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Autistic 'lightbulb moments'

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Since your diagnosis/self realisation, have you had times in your life when suddenly you realise why you did something in the past ie because of your autism.

There have been many for me, but recently the hair cutting thread made me realise why I hated hairdressers so much even though everyone else I knew seemed to look forward to going.

I was the only person in my 30s I knew to have a mobile hairdresser come to my house - it seemed to be older people or those with mobility problems who went for this service.

Have you had moments when everything clicks into place/another piece of the puzzle of your past?

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  • Long time ago I saw a documentary about a single mother rising her autistic son, he was a teenager with also intellectual disability. But the reason why he had meltdowns and the course of the meltdowns… omg! I thought: but he is very much like me! Without any support I managed my meltdowns to stop (realisation which moment was the final trigger and avoiding it) but the final lightbulb moment was related to interview between my hero and big idol David Grusch and joe Rogan. Grusch said he is high functioning autistic, I got intrigued and checked out. I got shocked to the point of hysterical crying out of shock and mix of all other emotions. This is how it started. Around 80% of the conditions description was my life. 

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  • Long time ago I saw a documentary about a single mother rising her autistic son, he was a teenager with also intellectual disability. But the reason why he had meltdowns and the course of the meltdowns… omg! I thought: but he is very much like me! Without any support I managed my meltdowns to stop (realisation which moment was the final trigger and avoiding it) but the final lightbulb moment was related to interview between my hero and big idol David Grusch and joe Rogan. Grusch said he is high functioning autistic, I got intrigued and checked out. I got shocked to the point of hysterical crying out of shock and mix of all other emotions. This is how it started. Around 80% of the conditions description was my life. 

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