Confession

I feel bad about feeling bad. I want to be my best for my family, my friends, and my colleagues, but I feel absolutely defeated – so utterly drained that I feel like I’m constantly having an out-of-body experience. I've just posted an 'Autistic Not Alien' video about this on my YouTube channel, and would welcome thoughts about how you've dealt with similar struggles.

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  • Depersonalisation and derealization are difficult to deal with and recover from.

    I struggle with interpersonal connections.

    I have family but sometimes even those relationships seem tenuous.

    It can be lonely, it would be nice to feel as if I belong somewhere.

  • I have always been the same as You.
    Part of ASD is actually feeling as though You don't belong.
    You cannot change that.
    It is a part of You.
    iI think trying to ' adapt ' would be a compromise.

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