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Thats all i hope for too and i really hope you do :) 

You're very welcome. Through this community, I hope to get to know people who are just like me so hopefully I can find my place in the world too.

Oh gosh wow im so glad you got your diagnosis. I felt so heard when i talked about it and went through everything and they said Autism and everything else my life finally started to make sense in areas i was so heavily confused by. Some of the things i was doing i was so confused by and how i dealt with things or handled things didnt seem to be what everyone else ( like at school) was doing so to finally have someone help me understand that was so overwhelming but such a weight off my shoulders. 

After years of not being heard and only getting so far and hitting a wall, I am now only just having to learn, adapt and begin to manage myself.

I completely understood sweetie, I have only just been officially diagnosed myself approximately no more than 2 weeks ago. 

Thank you that was so helpful i really appreciate that.

It’s not so easy I’m still learning to be kinder to myself I’m my worst critic really.  There’s a few options from what I’ve read/watched/listened to depending on what you prefer.

reading wise there’s quite a lot on this site which I have found useful. I’ve found a couple of books by Dr Luke Beardon quite good, Autism in Adults and Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic adults.

podcasts I have listened to meet my autistic brain and my friend autism

youtube I’ve watched Chris and Debby, Autism from the inside, mom on the spectrum, Yo samdy Sam and that autistic guy

Hi whiteD404, I am trying to be kinder to myself. Alot of things made more sense about my life when i found out about autism. for years i wasnt sure about big parts of my life and once they said autism everything made sense to me. Is there anything youd recommend for reading as google is an endless pool of information lol it overwhelms me alot.

:) 

Hi CraftyGirl welcome to the community. I agree it was a big shock to me, I'm in my 50's and to discover this in the last months initially blew my mind. I would say things have got better with time, reading/watching a lot around the subject has helped me a lot as well as the community here. From my experience, I have found three things that helped me, time, being kinder to yourself and support/understanding.