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In need of support.

Kirstie

So I am 23 years old and have only recently been diagnosed. Initially, I was really happy as I finally knew what was going on with me. However, now I am starting to feel frustrated at myself. I have so many unanswered questions and have no idea what support I can get. All I have done is send countless amounts of emails trying to seek support. I would really like to find some friends who understand what it is like to not be "stereo typically autistic" just because I can hide it well. I do really struggle but people who don't know me would almost have no idea. I'm so good at masking that sometimes I don't even realize that I do it. I'm new to this forum so thought I might as well start by reaching out and seeing if anyone can help or at least understand why I am struggling.

Thanks,

Kirstie x

  • start by describing one issue and we can suggest help with that issue :)

  • Yep, there isn't any support as such, so good news we've progressed enough as a society to know what is going on but we haven't figured out what to do about it. 

    I've done a fair bit of reflecting on this over the past few months and I believe that I've done something like 100 days of skill development that has morphed into effective coping strategies but it's mostly business stuff that has crossed over and never designed for Autism.