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New here feeling isolated since diagnosis

Starlight9083

Hi everyone, I'm new to this online community. I rarely reach out online to share my problems, I just thought I would try and share what im going through. I was diagnosed with high functioning autism last summer at the age of 26, since being diagnosed life has become even more confusing and isolating for me, it is difficult especially because my family don't necessarily believe in autism or want to accept that I am on the spectrum, it's almost like im only labeled as being autistic when it suits them.

life for me has always felt incredibly lonely and isolating, I never considered myself to be autistic I just thought I was shy and a bit strange (people would tell me growing up), now as a young women I still have the same interests I had as a child and life is very lonely for me I literally dont have any friends I dont speak to anyone anymore not even some family members, I don't use social media anymore because it become all to much (needed a break I guess), I always struggled to make and maintain friendships and any I did have its been years since we've spoken. It is difficult for me to reach out, my life isn't particularly interesting, there's not much going on for me and I'm embarrassed about not having much to talk about with anyone.

I'm just at a point in my life where I feel so incredibly alone and stuck. I'm not in the best situation and I've never been able to find a way out of it. There's so much more I can say but for now it's really me just hoping to connect with neurodivergent people. Hopefully there's someone else out there who understands what I'm going through. I don't even know if anyone will read this but if you do I appreciate your time in reading my post. 

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  • Hey Starlight, Thank you for writing this, it really struck a chord. I've just very recently been given an ASD diagnosis (I hate that phrase, but my mind has blanked on what else to call it) at 49 years young, so I had many many years of not understanding my differences. My dad isn't understanding at all just thinks I'm daft for doing the assesments etc. As others have said, you have plenty of interesting things to talk about. I absolutely love reading about the tudors and their architecture (it's facinating) my hobbies are anything outdoors, I truly find peace when I'm on a walk in the countryside, whatever the weather and living in Derbyshire there's plenty of it to explore. I think that you can't go wrong with being a Star Wars fan, especially episodes 1-6. I hope you find comfort in all that has been written in responce to your post. Keep smiling Slight smile

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  • Hey Starlight, Thank you for writing this, it really struck a chord. I've just very recently been given an ASD diagnosis (I hate that phrase, but my mind has blanked on what else to call it) at 49 years young, so I had many many years of not understanding my differences. My dad isn't understanding at all just thinks I'm daft for doing the assesments etc. As others have said, you have plenty of interesting things to talk about. I absolutely love reading about the tudors and their architecture (it's facinating) my hobbies are anything outdoors, I truly find peace when I'm on a walk in the countryside, whatever the weather and living in Derbyshire there's plenty of it to explore. I think that you can't go wrong with being a Star Wars fan, especially episodes 1-6. I hope you find comfort in all that has been written in responce to your post. Keep smiling Slight smile

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