Late Diagnosis

Alicedance said:

finally everything makes sense.

That's right, it does!

For me, the fog began to clear over three years ago now.

Welcome to the forum.

Ben

• 50 for ASD and 54 this year abd an adhd diagnosis to join the ASD one ‍

I have been diagnosed at 47.finally everything makes sense. x

Hi there

Although I’m undiagnosed it does get a little easier. I was beating myself up for months until I said to myself “you are who you are”. I had to scrutinise everything about what I did and why I did it differently. You will get there and feel more comfortable once you know what’s best for you. As ausomely said be easy on yourself, it’s a learning process and I found it quite overwhelming to realise your a certain way when you have been doing everyday things to please others and fit in. 
Hope you make sense of it all soon! 

Hi! Joining an autistic community like this one is a great way to learn more about your autistic experience after discovery. We can certainly help you with that!

MooM04 said:

I’m finding that I’m becoming hyper-vigilant to everything I do and over analysing social situations.

This maybe because now you know you are autistic, you are more aware of everything you are doing and how you may be different to other non autistic people. All I can say is please be kind to yourself, knowing you are autistic is a life changing piece of information to process.

This processing of your autistic discovery may take a while and regardless of how you feel towards this, all your emotions are valid.

If terms of accepting your autistic identity, you may find these resources below helpful:

Six common reactions to autistic discovery-

Video: https://www.youtube.com/live/oo34mppLMqE?si=xOMNaTAwx_zPeAbP

Article: 

https://aucademy.co.uk/2022/01/20/six-common-reactions-during-autistic-discovery/

These resources show and explain how you might feel about your autistic identity whilst processing it. 

I hope they resonate with you!

We are here for you!