Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm 29 and have just been diagnosed with autism.ive had suspicions for a while that I was different and I was diagnosed after a series of meltdowns in work due to crowds, noises, smells and losing important things such as keys or My wallet.
I'm off sick at the moment because knowing that I will experience these overloads causes me great anxiety. I get picked on for my behaviour and not many people talk to me because I am "rude" and "obnoxious" I don't mean to be, I sometimes get over excited about a topic and will interrupt people and throw information at them to the point that they visibly try and get away from myto end the conversation.
I can't really escape a lot of the triggers in work, I work in a hospital!
Does anyone have any tips or recommendations to try and minimise some triggers? Or is my best option to find something with less triggers?
Hi and welcome. I can't say my experience is exactly like yours, at least I have not usually been picked on. My issue is that, after a while, people just no longer talk to me and I have no idea why. I am (hopefully) on the path to a diagnosis and maybe then I will be able to better understand the mechanisms that are in play when i make these errors. So I guess what I am saying is that I am on the same (or similar) journey as you.
I hope you find your answers here.