After 34 years of feeling different, diagnosed with autism

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Congrats on your diagnosis!

Coming from a teen with not a lot of life experience (haha), I would recommend learning about the advanced "rules" of friendships and relationships.

Learning about give and take, what constitutes a real relationship, and different definitions helped me to understand that I had the wrong expectations. I thought I would immediately be best friends and connect with everyone.

I learned that you can have relationships with people based on one aspect of life, relationships with people where you just text, and you can separate home, work, school, etc.

Hope this was helpful!