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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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  • in reply to Damojo

    Hi, nice to meet you, it does get quite mentally exhausting having to mask all the time in my day to day life

    Being on the spectrum I naturally have an obsessive "special interest", in my case its cars and pretty much anything with wheels, strangely enough though It tends to be cars that most people typically don't show as much interest in, mainly older "everyday" cars, I tend to show some kind of interest in most types of vehicles but those are my favourites.

    I also like films, older TV series/comedies, retro video games as well as a few more recent ones.

    I also have a fascination in knowing the dates of things, and like writing them down, for example the months/years of when something I like was released-ie a Car or Film, or when something that interests me happened, again I think that is probably a trait that falls under being on the spectrum