Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi Everyone,
I'm not entirely sure why it's taken me so long to get round to posting in here.
I'm Dan, I'm 43 and I was diagnosed 2 years ago after a big episode of severe depression. I regard finding out I was Autistic as probably the most liberating thing to have happened to me. I made a conscious decision to stop masking and just be me. Since then my life with my family, wife, children, work and colleagues has got so my better.
I still have my bad days,but nowhere near what they used to be like simply because I've stopped trying to be something I wasn't meant to be.
Hi Badgers - and welcome!
You felt the same sense of liberation that I did, then. People often talk about 'behaving more autistically' after diagnosis. I think that a lot of that is simply about being more our true selves than being what the rest of the world wants and expects.
Good for you.
I heard exactly the same thing, which is probably why I ended up suicidal and having a breakdown, That's why i won't put the mask back on. You like it or you lump it, but i won't compromise my sanity for anyone now