Looking for someone like me!

recently my daughter had a diagnosis of both autism and ADHD. She’s also in recovery from anorexia. i seem to hear and see a lot of parents who have concerns over melt downs, aggression, tantrums, 

just wondering if like me their daughter is in fact the opposite and internalises everything? She barely cried as an infant and has never had a tantrum. she heavily masks and then in turn this causes dangerous accidents, eating disorder, and depression. I’ve never met anyone in a similar situation to my daughter and I feel quite alone. I worry one day she will walk I front of a bus she’s so out of touch 

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  • I am late 40s male ... but i have heavily suppressed myself my entire life.  I guess i have endued life, rather than lived it.

    Now that i am aware of my issues, i am trying o 'feel' a bit more ... but maybe a bit vulcan like, under the repressed exterior, appears to be quite a bit of turmoil.

    If you manage to get any help through the nhs, you are doing better than me.

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  • I am late 40s male ... but i have heavily suppressed myself my entire life.  I guess i have endued life, rather than lived it.

    Now that i am aware of my issues, i am trying o 'feel' a bit more ... but maybe a bit vulcan like, under the repressed exterior, appears to be quite a bit of turmoil.

    If you manage to get any help through the nhs, you are doing better than me.

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