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Badgers
over 5 years ago

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.

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  • over 5 years ago

    Hey dan my name is River, I understand what it is like to have  that realisation of not masking and to not be me, i forget sometimes and instinctively mask anyways but it is a work in progress, but i am glad you are able to drop the mask and be you, that's awesome :) 

  • over 5 years ago in reply to AutisticRiver88

    Hi River, I work with a group of people who like me for who I am, they took a risk on me and as far as they're concerned it really paid off. 

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Badgers

    thats good that its working out for you , it must be awesome ,  my friends like me for who i am but i still struggle to drop the masking as its something ive grown up doing , as i went all through school with literally no friends, so my only alternative was to "keep a low profile" not that it made me get bullied any less but still I felt it was the only option I had.

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Badgers

    Ah ok then yeah that makes sense, I am trying to do those 2 things but obviously isnt easy, im guessing it isnt meant to be , ive  in the past had people have a go at me for being selfish or not caring about how others feel in a situation or not taking into account how others feel, which is something i find difficult anyway but yeah, i dont mean to apoligise for opening up, been through a lot and its left me with the worry ive been talking too much or being selfish or something, something along the lines of narcissism but im learning , having more autistic friends like me would help, which i guess is one of the reasons im here :) 

    thank you for your kind words and listening to me and reading all i type , i do appreciate it :)

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  • over 5 years ago in reply to Badgers

    Ah ok then yeah that makes sense, I am trying to do those 2 things but obviously isnt easy, im guessing it isnt meant to be , ive  in the past had people have a go at me for being selfish or not caring about how others feel in a situation or not taking into account how others feel, which is something i find difficult anyway but yeah, i dont mean to apoligise for opening up, been through a lot and its left me with the worry ive been talking too much or being selfish or something, something along the lines of narcissism but im learning , having more autistic friends like me would help, which i guess is one of the reasons im here :) 

    thank you for your kind words and listening to me and reading all i type , i do appreciate it :)

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