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Do you ever feel ashamed of being autistic?

LivAgain

Hi,

I know it sounds like an awful thing to say and I'm sure it will spark controversy but this is just a question I have never felt able to ask other autistic people and tonight I just thought, "Why not? People are welcome to disagree with me if that's how they feel."

Anyway, I've been having a rough time lately and feel very ashamed of a lot of things. One thing I'm certainly ashamed of is being autistic. Everything about it feels like a threat - a threat to my femininity, to my appearance, to how others will perceive me. It's hard to put into words but it's almost as though the symptoms don't worry me (I don't actually have a great deal of symptoms, really; not nowadays anyway) but the label itself is damaging me more and more every day.

I feel so guilty for feeling like this but I don't want to wonder anymore. Does anyone else feel like this?

Thank you,

LivAgain 

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  • Do not let people blame your Autism.

    I often feel like screaming if I were to die suddenly my Autism would stop but the worlds problems would continue.

    For example a woman insisted on staying in my flat.

    I chucked out in a Restuarant as she was expecting me to pay for things not needed.

    She has the cheek to tell her friend that she cannot live with me as I am Autistic.

    The problem is NOT that I am Autistic.

    The problem is she no where to live as she rented her house out to someone who refuses to leave.  The problem is that she has made herself intentionally homeless.

    She has since she left me  being in places for the mentally ill and squatted with other people.

    I did say in a previous E Mail that people with Autism should ask for extra assistance at College and at work and if possible on Holidays.

    David.

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  • Do not let people blame your Autism.

    I often feel like screaming if I were to die suddenly my Autism would stop but the worlds problems would continue.

    For example a woman insisted on staying in my flat.

    I chucked out in a Restuarant as she was expecting me to pay for things not needed.

    She has the cheek to tell her friend that she cannot live with me as I am Autistic.

    The problem is NOT that I am Autistic.

    The problem is she no where to live as she rented her house out to someone who refuses to leave.  The problem is that she has made herself intentionally homeless.

    She has since she left me  being in places for the mentally ill and squatted with other people.

    I did say in a previous E Mail that people with Autism should ask for extra assistance at College and at work and if possible on Holidays.

    David.

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