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Lozza

Hi everyone,

My name is Lauren I’m new to joining and I’m kind of nervous.

I’m 32 and I received an Autism diagnosis at the age of 30. I have never really been good at fitting in with people due to issues with understanding how Autism presents in friendships but I want to meet people who may understand that I am just myself. I have tried to fit into online communities in past but never found one where I was able to stay comfortable without judgement or bullying and I’m hoping by joining I will find a way to take off some of the loneliness.

I have interests in various things including digital art (my pfp is one I drew myself) learning languages (in particular German), video games, walking in forests and nature and watching documentaries on many different topics (animals and wildlife in particular). 

I work a shop job which I really like because they have been very supportive with any difficulty I have. It’s not a lot but it’s something I enjoy to help people who come in to the store and get to talk to them. I’m hoping here I will find peace and people to connect with.

  • Herzlich willkommen! Deutsch ist nicht meine Muttersprache, aber ich wohne in Deutschland seit 6 Jahren und habe Deutsch B2 bestanden! Bist du schon mal nach Deutschland gefahren oder geflogen? Warum gefällt dir diese Sprache? 

    Welcome to the forum, i wish you best here!

  • in reply to Lozza

    I was catching up with Kingdoms, the one following 4 different predator families. I enjoyed the close look at their behaviour, but got a bit frustrated that it didn't mention the other species on screen as I like to know all of that too. 

    They did mention genets and I ended up researching them when I should have been going to bed. Like a large spotted genet was recorded on a camera trap in 2014 riding on the back of two different buffalo and a rhinoceros. The first recorded hitchhiking of the species. 

  • Welcome, Lauren! Wow, your profile picture is really good art, I love the use of colours and the tiger is really good, I love tigers!

    Animal and wildlife documentaries are great fun to watch, I love to watch those too, I watched a really good one recently about wolves on Disney Plus, and the recent one about oceans by David Attenborough (though it was a little sad to learn about bottom trawling in the ocean), I think that one was called Ocean by David Attenborough. Any good ones you've seen recently?

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Thank you for the warm and enthusiastic welcome! I am excited to share art and get to talk more with everyone! I hope you’ll get a chance to do art soon! Which documentary did you see?

  • in reply to Stuart333

    Thank you for the kind welcome! I am looking forward to did ding time here and your words have helped me feel a lot more comfortable and confident that this space will be lovely.

  • Hello, there's no need to be nervous, although I fully understand why people are.

    It is always hard to choose to make your voice heard as you don't know what response you'll get. Even if you are anonymous, you still know who you are, so comments still have an effect.

    But it's unlikely you have had a thought or struggle that someone else hasn't. Finding others is helpful to keep things in context or get comments, or to share advice. Obviously everyone still has their unique blend of traits, issues and life challenges, but there is often enough overlap.

    German is a less popular language to want to learn, but if you like it or have a reason, why not.

  • Welcome  !

    There is a creative space thread if you want to post anymore of your digital artwork, (I love doing art but don't have a lot of if time these days), lots of threads on video games, and feel free to start more nature ones, I'm a big nature documentary fan (was just watching one last night).

    Hope you can settle in!