Hello. Are there any people here who were born in the 70s and 80s, always different, now diagnosed with high-functioning autism? Like me?

I'm almost 50 years old, and I've always felt I was different. Even in preschool, at the age of three, I felt it clearly. But it wasn't a problem for me. I functioned very well. I asked my mother why the children at preschool were different from me. She didn't understand my questions. So I decided she was different too. As if it were natural that most people are different from me, although I don't know why. But I never wanted to be like those others, even at three or four years old. In a sense, I felt they were a separate species, even though they looked the same. To simplify a bit – like a dog and a cat. Both species, in a simplified description, have the same physical characteristics: fur, four legs, a tail, ears... But they're different species. And that's normal. That's how I felt in preschool. After that, it was different.

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  • Oh my goodness hiiiiiSmileyWaveIm a 1982 baby just got diagnosed with ASD(ADHD last year)so yeah a AuDHD girlie as its now knownSmile.Total alien for as long as I can remember Smileybut yeah very awesome to finally have a real answer as to why I do and say and think the way I do.Wasnt a shock but needed an actual medical professional to put the stamp on it so I could stop overthinking and putting it down to stress and over imagination(I have a huuuuuge imagination)But yeah,here to embrace all the beautiful parts of me that were stuffed down inside in fear of being mocked anGrinnow just wanna say " Helllooooo my ASD people"GrinTwo hearts

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  • Oh my goodness hiiiiiSmileyWaveIm a 1982 baby just got diagnosed with ASD(ADHD last year)so yeah a AuDHD girlie as its now knownSmile.Total alien for as long as I can remember Smileybut yeah very awesome to finally have a real answer as to why I do and say and think the way I do.Wasnt a shock but needed an actual medical professional to put the stamp on it so I could stop overthinking and putting it down to stress and over imagination(I have a huuuuuge imagination)But yeah,here to embrace all the beautiful parts of me that were stuffed down inside in fear of being mocked anGrinnow just wanna say " Helllooooo my ASD people"GrinTwo hearts

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