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When did / What made you realise?

AutisticBeaut2025

Firstly, I would like to thank you all for your help with my autism research as you have been a big part of my autism journey that I’ve been on since I’ve fallen out with my best friend and you have also made me see realise that the NeuroDiversity World is beautiful as well as complicated but I have loved every second of it.

In the meantime, I have one last challenging question for you, which is when did you realise that you were autistic and what made you go for an assessment?  If you can’t remember exactly then that’s fine but if you know roughly then that would be great.

Im just curious and intrigued

Time to get your thinking caps on!!xx

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  • I have always thought I was a highly sensitive person, but it took seeing a therapist who suggested I might be neurodivergent for me to research lots and realise I was probably autistic. This in some ways is no surprise to me after a lifetime of mental health struggles, difficulty socially and also being frequently described as quirky. But also not did surprise me as my knowledge of autism was very small. Anyway, now I’ve researched it as my special interest and I feel very comfortable in the online ND community even though I’m not officially diagnosed. 

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  • I have always thought I was a highly sensitive person, but it took seeing a therapist who suggested I might be neurodivergent for me to research lots and realise I was probably autistic. This in some ways is no surprise to me after a lifetime of mental health struggles, difficulty socially and also being frequently described as quirky. But also not did surprise me as my knowledge of autism was very small. Anyway, now I’ve researched it as my special interest and I feel very comfortable in the online ND community even though I’m not officially diagnosed. 

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