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Angela
over 1 year ago

Hi everyone.

My name is Angela. I am 45 and have been married for 25 years with 4 children aged between 13 and 24.  Just recently diagnosed myself as having autism and really struggling to come to terms with it and how it impacts my life. Although it does make sense of everything now I am finding it difficult to accept myself and see how I can live a happy and fulfilling life.  

I would be extremely grateful for any advice from anyone please or just to know that there is someone else out there. 

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  • over 1 year ago

    Hi Angela, welcome to the forum. i discovered I was autistic at 33 and, as RockChick said, I think theres a lot of us here that discovered our autism as adults. 
    The good news is now you can slowly start to make sense of your whole life, things that puzzled you before about your past actions and feelings and the behaviour of those around you will start to fit together like a jigsaw and eventually your whole life will make sense. It is a long process though, dont expect it to happen overnight. 

    Its like you are discovering yourself for the first time which is confusing and hard to understand but you will live a happier life for it in the long run.
    The best advice I can give you is to stay talking to people on here, that really helped me. Also, that there is a lot of trial and error at the moment, try different routines and things to see what helps you and what doesnt. 

    And read up on things as much as your brain is able, then you might find little tips and techniques that help

    You are not alone 

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  • over 1 year ago

    Hi Angela, welcome to the forum. i discovered I was autistic at 33 and, as RockChick said, I think theres a lot of us here that discovered our autism as adults. 
    The good news is now you can slowly start to make sense of your whole life, things that puzzled you before about your past actions and feelings and the behaviour of those around you will start to fit together like a jigsaw and eventually your whole life will make sense. It is a long process though, dont expect it to happen overnight. 

    Its like you are discovering yourself for the first time which is confusing and hard to understand but you will live a happier life for it in the long run.
    The best advice I can give you is to stay talking to people on here, that really helped me. Also, that there is a lot of trial and error at the moment, try different routines and things to see what helps you and what doesnt. 

    And read up on things as much as your brain is able, then you might find little tips and techniques that help

    You are not alone 

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