Published on 12, July, 2020
I am doing this the wrong way round. I jumped straight in to posting and replying that I forgot to introduce myself.
I am a male in my fifties who was diagnosed last year and still coming to terms with it. I live and work in Scotland.
I really like to watch documentaries and history based programs on tv. I like to game on my xbox at times as I find it very addictive and it can somewhat take over my life. My life has not been easy up till now and have been manipulated and controlled. Now I have a wonderful partner who fully supports me. I would never have been diagnosed if not for her support. We do not live together as I need my space to decompress.
I have very few friends that I can count on on one finger! I really struggle with normal social chit chat and can appear blunt at times.
Anyway at long last I have joined a community which I can see already is very supportive.
so Hello everyone
Welcome aboard!
I noticed some of your posts, wasn't sure if you'd been around ages or just recently joined in, ive only been on here a few months.
I'm same but a little younger, just about to hit 50, diagnosed in Feb. Still , as you say, coming to terms with it! It's certainly uprooted my thoughts a lot and have been flipping from positive to negative over it, often feeling down and anxious about it all.
I think I've looked back at pretty much every interaction in my entire life now and see how autism played a part.in terms of that you said , I think it's common that we can be used and manipulated , I find mostly this is at work, where I'm way too passive on the outside to avoid "not fitting in" , while boiling with anxiety or anger often on the inside.
Interesting!!