brain freeze just trying to navigate around this site

Hi all!

You all seem to be like minded people so I must be in the right place, I do hope so? 

Can I ask you all or anyone, when first coming to this platform did any of you have the same difficulty as me with regards to in introducing themselves?

I have took all day to get to this point and send this one message to you, which I have wrote five times now because of fear for saying something wrong, or going into to much detail or not enough detail and once again being misunderstood or judged wrongly by others? I do hope that this time things are different? 

I personally don't believe in any labeling of human beings as this only serves to divide the human race further apart from one another which will never be good in the long run for any species.

Also ironically from what little I know of this diagnosis other than experiencing it my whole life, with 70%of my time in a given week interacting with others resulting in a misunderstanding wrongful judgment followed by character assassination followed by isolation and segregation from the group, does any one here relate to this? 

I look forward to connecting and being part of this community!

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  • I understand people saying they don't like labelling and their being a divide. But I personally only just got diagnosed. And I felt so different and so segregated my whole life and never fully understood why until I was diagnosed so for me that "label" was really important. I don't think of it is as a label, it's just part of who I am. I do understand why people don't like it though. I hate it when there is an us and them divide. We are all just people. Autism shouldn't be any more different than wearing glasses.

    I wouldn't say I spend lots of time having character assassination but I have experienced this. I often find at social occasions I will say something that people react to and suddenly notice that big difference between us.

    I hope you enjoy your time on the forum.

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  • I understand people saying they don't like labelling and their being a divide. But I personally only just got diagnosed. And I felt so different and so segregated my whole life and never fully understood why until I was diagnosed so for me that "label" was really important. I don't think of it is as a label, it's just part of who I am. I do understand why people don't like it though. I hate it when there is an us and them divide. We are all just people. Autism shouldn't be any more different than wearing glasses.

    I wouldn't say I spend lots of time having character assassination but I have experienced this. I often find at social occasions I will say something that people react to and suddenly notice that big difference between us.

    I hope you enjoy your time on the forum.

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