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Spending time alone

Touiise

Hello,

I was recently diagnosed at 30 back in January, It was a complete shock.

I've found myself wanting to spend more time alone.

Perviously wanting to spend time alone was seen as a "red flag" for my mental health dipping. I don't feel like my mental health is dipping but more that I'm just needing that time alone to just watch videos on my favourite things and relax. It's a struggle to be around people even more than pre diagnoses since I know that my brain is different to theirs.

Did anyone else experience this? I'm still not sure on how to regulate myself or to even "unmask" when I'm alone never mind around other people but l'm starting a course ran by an autism charity that l'm hoping will

Sorry for my long winded question.

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  • I think that there is a difference between NT and autistic people regarding how seeing other people makes us feel. According to research, most people (NT) get a hit of feel good chemicals when they see another human face, which most autistic people don't. Here is a link to the article I found about it:

    https://theconversation.com/children-with-autism-shouldnt-be-forced-to-socialise-44585

    So it appears to me that neurotypical people benefit from seeing any other people, but for autistic people it's slightly different. I enjoy spending some time with someone who I can share interests with, but I don't enjoy seeing most people. So I think that the approach to mental health needs to be different for autistic people.

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  • I think that there is a difference between NT and autistic people regarding how seeing other people makes us feel. According to research, most people (NT) get a hit of feel good chemicals when they see another human face, which most autistic people don't. Here is a link to the article I found about it:

    https://theconversation.com/children-with-autism-shouldnt-be-forced-to-socialise-44585

    So it appears to me that neurotypical people benefit from seeing any other people, but for autistic people it's slightly different. I enjoy spending some time with someone who I can share interests with, but I don't enjoy seeing most people. So I think that the approach to mental health needs to be different for autistic people.

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