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Diagnosed at 52

NewuserSD@091126

Hi All,

I received a diagnosis last week that I am autistic and I feel sadness and anger for my earlier years as my teens and early adulthood was such a challenge

I am now 52 and I had a complete mental breakdown when I was 50 and slowly recovering.

I believe I have been masking all my life and now my brain and fatigue have said enough and time to accept who I am.

Any useful advice would be greatly appreciated. 

Many thanks 

Parents

  • Welcome,

    47 and had no idea my struggles were because of neurodiversity but boy have I struggled, and hid my struggles from everyone that matters to me. Diagnosed with AuDHD this year and it's it's almost cost me my marriage. We're having counselling, both personal and couples, to get through it all.

    It's taking time, and alot of learning for me to figure out who I really am, and to be kind to myself and advocate for myself. I like reading so have found some books and some people on YouTube that resonate with me and some that don't so much. I think it's important to find advice that addresses your struggles and fits in with your thinking, we're all different.

    I'm in the North East but my wife is from Somerset, I love it there, especially carnival, luckily our daughter's half term was timed last year we made it to Bridgwater. Nowhere does carnival (or cider) like Somerset!

    Richard

  • in reply to RichardPH
    RichardPH said:
    Nowhere does carnival (or cider) like Somerset!

    Ahem, Herefordshire. We celbrated Bulmers for bring cider back into fashion but drink Westons (family run for over 100 years), Dunkertons (single apple types, small independent) or the many farms on the Herefordshire cider trail.

  • in reply to Alexa

    I like Herefordshire Cider too....it's a different style to Somerset though. Clearer, less chewy!

  • in reply to RichardPH

    I was born in Cardiff and spent my teens and twenties in Worcestershire and can appreciate both, but my wife is Somerset through and through.

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