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Aprilia

Hello everyone. My name is April and I'm autistic. I was diagnosed when I was 10 which wasn't that long ago but somehow it feels like it's been 50 years lol. I'm 21 now and my life feels so crazy it's hard to function at times! I'm working on self care as my anxiety can be overwhelming and I mask so much I'm trying not to do that either. I work just about lol but in my free time I enjoy being creative and watching fun films.

I'm autistic, a little eccentric and quirky; and hopefully always nice.

:) 

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  • Hi April

    Pleased to read your post :-)

    My name is Phased on this site 'cos I was feeling like I had gone into a new phase of life by being diagnosed :-)

    I was diagnosed 3 years ago and I am 61.  Hehe - I have been autistic all that time!

    The craziness is tricky isn't it!  And functioning, including for the better, is hard work I agree.  There are lots of ways to work with the self care - and anxiety management and working out the pros and cons of masking are biggies.  I suspect that hanging around on this website will give further insight into those topics :-)

    good hobbies!

    I'm autistic, quite a lot eccentric and blowed if I can work out how to be nice all the time!

    All the best!

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  • Hi April

    Pleased to read your post :-)

    My name is Phased on this site 'cos I was feeling like I had gone into a new phase of life by being diagnosed :-)

    I was diagnosed 3 years ago and I am 61.  Hehe - I have been autistic all that time!

    The craziness is tricky isn't it!  And functioning, including for the better, is hard work I agree.  There are lots of ways to work with the self care - and anxiety management and working out the pros and cons of masking are biggies.  I suspect that hanging around on this website will give further insight into those topics :-)

    good hobbies!

    I'm autistic, quite a lot eccentric and blowed if I can work out how to be nice all the time!

    All the best!

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  • in reply to Phased

    Good morning, Phased, thank you for replying. I love your username! Congrats on your diagnosis, I’m glad you know about your autism and I hope your new phase of life has been insightful and better.

    I didn’t really understand what was going on when I was diagnosed but now I’m a bit older I can better understand it and have been trying to embrace it a bit more as sometimes I can have a bit of a downer on it.

    It really is tricky yeah lol. I need to be a bit better when it comes to masking because I don’t recognise when I’m doing it, I just feel the anxiety and tiredness from it later on which is no good. That’s one of my top reasons for joining the forum so I can get help and understand things a bit better.

    Maybe eventually I can help some others as well.

    Phased said:
    I'm autistic, quite a lot eccentric and blowed if I can work out how to be nice all the time!

    Same! But at least we try Stuck out tongue

    Best wishes to you too!

    April.