Hello

Welcome to the community.

i was diagnosed last December and it was a massive relief. A few weeks later I had moments of sadness and regret about being an autistic person, but that doesn’t happen so much now. I have had depression and anxiety for many years, so the diagnosis is helping me absolve myself of some guilt. 

I always focus on the positives or at least what are positives to me like I can learn much in such a short time period if the subject is something I love like when I finally embraced the fact i LOVE Taylor’s music I learned every fact I could about her as a person that I didn’t already know and was all like YES WHALE 

same with skateboarding every time I feel that passion for skateboard take the foreground in my mind again I learn so many new skating facts and discover new skaters but still fall back on my OGs of Tony hawk,Rodney Mullen,chad muska Ryan sheckler etc 

I know it is good to focus on the positives, and you come across as happy in your liberation from suppressed love of all things Taylor.

I try to focus on the positives too — not always easy and sometimes I need to deal with things that don’t seem to have a positive side. I’m interested in various things, yet I have to encounter some unsavoury elements in pursuit of satisfaction. E.g. I’m interested in what is going on in the world at the moment. It is important to me to be aware of things, but the news is filled with relentless and horrific accounts of human suffering, and seeming inaction by those who could stop it. 

My other interests are generally conducive to happiness and satisfaction. 

One technique I used to do years ago (and I’m thinking of restarting) is to take a page a day with two columns. In the first column write the not so good daily experiences and in the second column the good experiences. I make sure that I note more positive than negative experiences. At the end of the day, draw a thick line under the first column. The line is a tangible sign of letting go before bedtime. If there are things that need to be dealt with, they can go on a separate list until the morning.

I know it is good to focus on the positives, and you come across as happy in your liberation from suppressed love of all things Taylor.

I try to focus on the positives too — not always easy and sometimes I need to deal with things that don’t seem to have a positive side. I’m interested in various things, yet I have to encounter some unsavoury elements in pursuit of satisfaction. E.g. I’m interested in what is going on in the world at the moment. It is important to me to be aware of things, but the news is filled with relentless and horrific accounts of human suffering, and seeming inaction by those who could stop it. 

My other interests are generally conducive to happiness and satisfaction. 

One technique I used to do years ago (and I’m thinking of restarting) is to take a page a day with two columns. In the first column write the not so good daily experiences and in the second column the good experiences. I make sure that I note more positive than negative experiences. At the end of the day, draw a thick line under the first column. The line is a tangible sign of letting go before bedtime. If there are things that need to be dealt with, they can go on a separate list until the morning.