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Feeling like an alien.

Roy

A month has passed now since I was diagnosed as autistic,  I just feel totally lost, I know it often comes up that autistic people feel like aliens in this world, I can honestly say I don’t feel part of  this world at all, I don’t feel I ever have. I spend less and less time with people, they are too hard to navigate and seem cruel most of the time 

I seem to have no emotions, I feel neither happy or sad, I just seem to exist. I got into trouble with a family member at the weekend for not showing empathy over an event. Am I supposed to make up emotions to please others, Is this all part of the mask?

Sorry, just venting.

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  • I feel you. I really do. It's so hard to explain but I get that sense that I don't belong and I'm just existing not living. Things are better since my diagnosis but it's still a case of feeling like an outsider, kind of like being a ghost I'm here but no one sees me and I'm watching the world go by.

    I've always felt like an alien as well. I feel more validation since being diagnosed but I still feel like I'm trying to process it all.

    Sorry I can't be more helpful here with this but I wanted to let you know you definitely aren't alone in feeling like this.

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  • I feel you. I really do. It's so hard to explain but I get that sense that I don't belong and I'm just existing not living. Things are better since my diagnosis but it's still a case of feeling like an outsider, kind of like being a ghost I'm here but no one sees me and I'm watching the world go by.

    I've always felt like an alien as well. I feel more validation since being diagnosed but I still feel like I'm trying to process it all.

    Sorry I can't be more helpful here with this but I wanted to let you know you definitely aren't alone in feeling like this.

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