Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, my name is River, I am 29 (30 on Xmas eve) i am transgender (she/her) I was diagnosed when I was 13 with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and I live in Southwest Devon in Exeter, I enjoy playing video games, drawing, colouring, stimming, singing to music, sometimes playing guitar, but cant play it for long due to having a short attention span. I am mostly introverted but I am still open to meeting new people and making new friends, I recently signed up for this and decided to finally embrace and accept and learn to live with my autism instead of pretending I do not have it and have meltdowns more often than I would if I didn't stim for a while or anything like that, due to sensory overload.
My favourite colour is purple and I spend a lot of time watching youtube , I am anxious while writing this as I do not really know if I am just rambling or whether im making any sense but still, I have problems oversharing so I am wary of that, I am a nerdy person and often quote games and movies that iv'e seen to avoid awkward situations or feeling uncomfortable.
I am always happy to make new friends and meet new people
Thanks for reading
River ~
Welcome, River. It's nice to know you.
I'm glad you feel confident about embracing your autism at last. It can come as a relief - though I can understand why you might have felt anxious about it. It's a big decision, so well done. You're among friends and understanding people here.
I used to live in that area - in a village between Totnes and Kingsbridge. It's a nice place to be. Dartmoor is my favourite place on earth!
See you around.
Tom
yeah dartmoor is pretty nice ive not been there in a very long time though lol and yeah it feels good to finally embrace it now, i hope to make friends here which im sure in time i will, its good to finally be in a group or community that understands me and stuff like that :)
ah ok thanks for thr information :) appreciated , i so wonder if people live near me at all , not that its an issue if they dont im just wondering thats all :) but yeah i will check out that paper thing :)
Sorry... wrong link. Here's the correct one:
https://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/14033/people-like-me-don-t-get-support
You'll find a huge amount of commonality with these issues amongst the good folk on here. Check out some of the related threads if you haven't already. This one is interesting, I think, because of some of the comments people have contributed. The paper is an interesting read, even if none of the issues mentioned in it affect you...
'People like me don't get support'
yeah that makes sense to be honest, yeah the world out there is confusing and even for me its like yeah i dont understand people why they do things or say things or i have trouble remembering that people think differently and that i dont think like most people and most people dont think like me its difficult all the time
I love the isolation of Dartmoor. I did some wildcamping out there a few years ago - just me and a tent. It got a bit hairy at night, with the rain and gales - and then, in the morning, a mist so thick I couldn't see where I was going. Glad I took a compass.
Sometimes, the world 'out there' feels so confusing. This is a sane place to come to after it!