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Hi, hoping to speak to people who are on the same wavelength as me, something that seems quite difficult in real life

SJH1994

I can't really think of much more to say aside from what I have already written in the subject/title box. I'm 32, never officially diagnosed but very obviously on the spectrum, and have experienced all the things that come with it my whole life.

I have struggled for a long time to meet people with similar thought processes to myself, so thought I would reach out here, as it seems next to impossible in the real world, as an adult I mainly get by, by masking but can only do that for so long

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  • Welcome, you are speaking my language, I don't know if I think like you but I have never met anyone else that thinks like me, that is until I joined this forum. 

    I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me so far.

    Good luck.

    BTW, masking is incredibly draining I agree, I spent 4 hours at a family party recently and spent the entire next day doing nothing because I was burnt out. My masking is worse with my family as they expect a certain person to turn up to parties, it's hard, but remember, here on this forum you are in the company of people who understand.

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  • Welcome, you are speaking my language, I don't know if I think like you but I have never met anyone else that thinks like me, that is until I joined this forum. 

    I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me so far.

    Good luck.

    BTW, masking is incredibly draining I agree, I spent 4 hours at a family party recently and spent the entire next day doing nothing because I was burnt out. My masking is worse with my family as they expect a certain person to turn up to parties, it's hard, but remember, here on this forum you are in the company of people who understand.

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  • in reply to Gadfly

    Nice to meet you

    Well your description of how it feels after prolonged masking is definitely the words of someone who thinks like me. Fortunately I don't have your specific problem in that I don't really have much in the way of family, so am never really expected to mask too much in my outside work life, its mainly at work when I'm working amongst colleagues that I have to mask, and I often have to go and spend time alone in periods of free time I have, to try and rebuild energy again. 

    Thanks for the reassurance!