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NAS90609
over 2 years ago

Hello,

I was diagnosed last year (not long after my 50th!) after a lifetime of not knowing whether it was me or the rest of the world that was going mad (...pretty sure it's them!) - but then there was a few years of serious decline in my overall mental health where I had to admit that something wasn't right and that lead me to the realisation that perhaps I was autistic.

So far, diagnosis has been a mostly positive but also very challenging experience. Naively expected some sort of magical epiphany moment where suddenly everything made sense and I could get on with my life but it hasn't been like that at all - more of a hard reset on everything. Still - better to know than to not know.

Have been very lucky to have had some counselling with a great counsellor and that has helped but it's also raised as many questions as it has answered.

I'm here to try and get more neurodivergent voices in my world and maybe to ask for advice on some of the parts of autism I struggle with the most.

Thanks!

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  • over 2 years ago in reply to Deleted user

    Thanks for the link to your original post here - there's some really good replies.

    It's taken me a while to realise how important it is to hear autistic people talking about their own lived experiences. Definitely feel like hearing these experiences could be a good step forward for me.

    Thanks!