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Advice from anyone with asd level one

Nefilim

Hi, I was diagnosed with asd level one about 5 months ago at age 51 and i’m still waiting to see a therapist to help me with anxiety issues. I just wondered if anyone had any advice about coming to terms with your entire life being something other than what you assumed it was. I guess i’ve been masking quite well my entire life despite not knowing i was, recent years i’ve been noticing noise sensitivity and light sensitivity issues that have always been a problem but either i seem to be more aware of them or as i age my body is becoming less resilient towards them. I am currently feeling like i don’t really know who i actually am anymore and it’s frustrating. So anyway, if anyone has any advice about how they came to terms with it all or where to look i would be most appreciative!

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  • Hello  !

    Welcome to the community!

    I hope you’ll like it here. The members helped me a lot — I got very sad after my diagnosis and wrote here under the topic “sadness after diagnosis.” Everything is collected here so we can re-read it.

    It was about a month ago. I still remember one part: “happiness is found in unusual places.” That calmed me so much. When I unmask at home, or whenever I can, I try to let myself enjoy my little sensory or cognitive happinesses.

    Best wishes!Butterfly

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  • Hello  !

    Welcome to the community!

    I hope you’ll like it here. The members helped me a lot — I got very sad after my diagnosis and wrote here under the topic “sadness after diagnosis.” Everything is collected here so we can re-read it.

    It was about a month ago. I still remember one part: “happiness is found in unusual places.” That calmed me so much. When I unmask at home, or whenever I can, I try to let myself enjoy my little sensory or cognitive happinesses.

    Best wishes!Butterfly

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  • in reply to Ma.ra.

    Thank you  Hello to you too, there are a lot of threads on here to read, i should try doing that instead of getting upset reading the news. Luckily i have had a lot of time where i haven’t had to pretend to be something i’m not when masking and draining myself  but i think that’s part of the problem, i have a lot more time to think about it all too. It would be great just to be able to switch off my thought processes sometimes lol