Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm not diagnosed... Yet. I am pursuing it through private medical insurance. I get ~39 on the AQ-50 and a checklist of autism in women symptoms reads like my personality. Having said that, I only find myself feeling disabled when I'm around other people, if I'm with someone I know who knows me I'm fine, but otherwise I am useless at people! I'm a walking social faux pas!
Being like this, I've felt alone my whole life. I'm here because I want to feel like a valid human being, not some weird alien.
Hi Nezumi(鼠),
welcome to this forum of weirdos and misfits
no one is useless here
I am impressed you immediately looked up the kanji. That's the kind of thing I would have done.
typical autistic I practise Zen so I had to
well done dad
i have a walking meditation when my mind cant be stopped. I learned it from military combat guys/girls I worked with.
as u walk,,, you say "sponge","bob","Square","Pants" in with each step
after 100 yards ( steps ) your previous thoughts have melted away
talk to u later i have to go for a walk LOL
My Dad gave me a self-help book when I was about 14 and I memorised a guided relaxation from it. I used that for years when I had problems. It's only in the last 4 yearsor so I've really got into it. I find it most helpful because my brain doesn't ever shut up. Meditation forces it to