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Sparkey077

Hi, thought I would try to introduce myself. I am recently diagnosed autistic and adhd at 50yrs old. Joined here to speak to fellow ND people and find some community. I am trying to learn to navigate this world and find out how to advocate for myself since being given a massive piece of the puzzle that’s been missing my whole life. I am finding society harder than ever to manage.

I am quite solitary nowadays and enjoy a peaceful existence, finding most comfort in nature and under a tree canopy. 
Life has been a constant struggle and while growing up I found lots of quite unhealthy coping mechanism's to deal with what I now know was undiagnosed autism and ADHD. Thankfully today I don’t turn to them as been in recovery for around 10 years. 

Recently really struggling with being misunderstood and I have found myself in conflict with people while trying to stand up for myself and not be bullied. It’s really hard to advocate for yourself when having a meltdown I now know. I hope someone can relate. Experience welcomed. 

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  • Hi and welcome to the forum. I'm a woman in my sixties and retired, and I enjoy reading and playing video games. Hope you find this forum useful.

  • in reply to Lotus

    Hi Lotus, thanks for the reply and good to meet you. Can you recommend any video games? I am a total newbie but want to give it a go. My coordination is rubbish so it needs to be simple!

  • in reply to Sparkey077

    It depends on what appeals to you as there are loads of different types of video games.

    There are some based on traditional board games - I have Cluedo and a chess one called Pure Chess - with these you can play against the AI and don't need good coordination. There are others that are puzzle games or have hidden objects to find.

    Simulation games take a real life situation and make it into a game, such as running a zoo or flying a plane. I often play Sims 4 which is a life simulation where you create a character called a sim and control what they do - moving house, getting a job, finding a partner, etc, and you can also build houses and decorate them - the character playing is fairly simple but the build mode takes a bit of getting used to, however there are pre made houses you can use to begin with.

    Role playing games (RPGs) are great fun - my all time favourites are Fallout 4, Assassin's creed Odyssey, Assassins creed Valhalla, Assassins Creed Origins, and Hogwarts Legacy. I play them all on the easy setting and the assassins creed ones have fighting with swords so you don't need to aim a weapon, and Hogwarts Legacy has wands of course. Fallout 4 uses guns but has a brilliant system called VATS (Vault Tec assisted targeting system) to lock the weapon onto an enemy. 

    I generally don't play first person shooter (FPS) games as my aiming is rubbish, although I've just bought the three BioShock games in a sale and I think there is some aim assist but I haven't got around to playing it yet, so fingers crossed!

    I play on an Xbox - I have tried PC gaming but much prefer a console personally and I find the Xbox controller quite easy to use. 

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  • in reply to Sparkey077

    It depends on what appeals to you as there are loads of different types of video games.

    There are some based on traditional board games - I have Cluedo and a chess one called Pure Chess - with these you can play against the AI and don't need good coordination. There are others that are puzzle games or have hidden objects to find.

    Simulation games take a real life situation and make it into a game, such as running a zoo or flying a plane. I often play Sims 4 which is a life simulation where you create a character called a sim and control what they do - moving house, getting a job, finding a partner, etc, and you can also build houses and decorate them - the character playing is fairly simple but the build mode takes a bit of getting used to, however there are pre made houses you can use to begin with.

    Role playing games (RPGs) are great fun - my all time favourites are Fallout 4, Assassin's creed Odyssey, Assassins creed Valhalla, Assassins Creed Origins, and Hogwarts Legacy. I play them all on the easy setting and the assassins creed ones have fighting with swords so you don't need to aim a weapon, and Hogwarts Legacy has wands of course. Fallout 4 uses guns but has a brilliant system called VATS (Vault Tec assisted targeting system) to lock the weapon onto an enemy. 

    I generally don't play first person shooter (FPS) games as my aiming is rubbish, although I've just bought the three BioShock games in a sale and I think there is some aim assist but I haven't got around to playing it yet, so fingers crossed!

    I play on an Xbox - I have tried PC gaming but much prefer a console personally and I find the Xbox controller quite easy to use. 

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