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Am I still me?

Jessicaaaaa

Hey, I hope your day is going ok

I have just been diagnosed with high functioning austism. I am really not sure how I am feeling right now, and I dont know if thats normal. I also have severe meltdowns when I just completely cant cope and I feel so alone with this. I have always been an anxious person, but now I know what it is, does it change the way people think of me? I feel lile people are acting differently around me, and I dont like it. I am pretty good at hiding my autism most of the time, except for when I really cant cope.

There are boys at my school that find autism and disabllities funny, and make jokes and post horrible pictures about it. I thought about asking them to stop, from my previous forum but they just laughed. This is making it harder to come to terms with the fact that I now have the thing they laugh about.  This is making me more anxious than ever.

I feel like in school, I put on a massive act all the time, and im exhausted of it.  I now feel things are now going to be harder now I know what is wrong with me.

Do you have any tips about coping with day-to-day life anxieties? Am I the only one that has meltdowns? How should I deal with people finding out?

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    I'm pretty sure mindfulness would help both the anxiety and meltdowns. Please do discuss the anxiety with your doctor as medication is sometimes of value if it is really impacting your life.

    Mindfulness is something you learn  but be prepared that it might be a bit different from standard practice for neurotypical people. 

    For me, I get my best being present In the moment doing crochet or knitting or something repetitive like that. Sitting still sets off my dodgy proprioception.

    If you want to know more I can direct you to some good resources.

    As for how-to deal with finding out I had a young client dealing with bullies and we talked about how bullies do.what they do to get a "sad/scared" reaction. I suggested she tried a "bored, contempt" response. So when they were nasty, yawn and roll your eyes and say "Is that all? heard it last week."

    It's quite effective.

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    I'm pretty sure mindfulness would help both the anxiety and meltdowns. Please do discuss the anxiety with your doctor as medication is sometimes of value if it is really impacting your life.

    Mindfulness is something you learn  but be prepared that it might be a bit different from standard practice for neurotypical people. 

    For me, I get my best being present In the moment doing crochet or knitting or something repetitive like that. Sitting still sets off my dodgy proprioception.

    If you want to know more I can direct you to some good resources.

    As for how-to deal with finding out I had a young client dealing with bullies and we talked about how bullies do.what they do to get a "sad/scared" reaction. I suggested she tried a "bored, contempt" response. So when they were nasty, yawn and roll your eyes and say "Is that all? heard it last week."

    It's quite effective.

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