What do you do when someone asks you to explain what it means to be on the autism spectrum? I've recently been diagnosed with Aspergers and I am still learning what does it mean. I've always known that I am an outsider and don't fit but it was more of a gut feeling. Now I have it on paper. However, I still need to learn a lot about myself. Questions like:
"do you think differently? how do you do that, give me examples" - difficult to answer because my thinking is completely normal for me
"so what do you struggle with?" - I am anxious to answer this one because usually afterwards I hear that everyone can have these struggles
They drive me crazy! And due to my lack of confidence and my very impressionable character (which I hate), I tend to believe that my diagnosis is wrong.
I need some simple and solid answer