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 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hello and I need help (tw: suicide)

pathfinder1
Posted: 06 Sep 2023, 5:16 am 

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I wish you luck. Keep looking for the good and celebrate it when you see it. Let us know how things are going? I've finally told my family that I don't want to be a doctor and I broke down and cried for the first time in like 7 years. We had some back and forth but the end result is that they are t...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hello and I need help (tw: suicide)

pathfinder1
Posted: 28 Aug 2023, 1:05 pm 

Replies: 24
Views: 3,135
You don't need to drop the whole mask all at once. Pick little things you can experiment with. Sounds like you have a good relationship with your family, they don't understand but they sound like they care. Id chalk that up as a win. Have you tried writing down things that you are grateful for or t...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hello and I need help (tw: suicide)

pathfinder1
Posted: 27 Aug 2023, 1:30 pm 

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I can see where you are coming from. You are not a freak. Amazing yes but not a freak. It is a huge accomplishment what you have been able to do in spite of your difficulties. You mentioned being overwhelmed by masking. I haven't always been aware of my making but I'm staying to see it more and mor...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hello and I need help (tw: suicide)

pathfinder1
Posted: 27 Aug 2023, 11:56 am 

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I was 14 when I first told a family member that I have "social phobia" and as always I wasn't taken serious. That's what I thought my problem was for the next 7-8 years. Social anxiety, phobia, shyness and being an introvert. I guess I first started suspecting of autism a couple years ago....

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hello and I need help (tw: suicide)

pathfinder1
Posted: 27 Aug 2023, 11:20 am 

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Another massive problem is, masking made me so stupid. I am forcing all my brain power into masking my autism and there is simply no room left for cognitive processes like learning something. My brain isn't flowing in its natural path. And I've been masking since forever. I'm so exhausted and got so...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hello and I need help (tw: suicide)

pathfinder1
Posted: 26 Aug 2023, 3:48 pm 

Replies: 24
Views: 3,135
IsabellaLinton wrote:
I almost went back to school to be an ultrasound tech. ^
I thought that would be perfect.

Welcome, pathfinder.
I hope you find good support here.

Thank you. I hope I can get my formal diagnosis as well.

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hello and I need help (tw: suicide)

pathfinder1
Posted: 26 Aug 2023, 3:42 pm 

Replies: 24
Views: 3,135
I'm a programmer and I've often thought that being a diagnostic radiologist is the best job in the world. Very well paid. Don't interact with patients. Get to sit in a dark room all day. You've listed a lot of negative things. May I ask what things you enjoy? What are your special interests? I enjo...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hello and I need help (tw: suicide)

pathfinder1
Posted: 26 Aug 2023, 2:16 pm 

Replies: 24
Views: 3,135
Hi everyone, I'm a 24 years old male (he/him) from a non-english speaking country. Although I don't have a formal diagnosis yet, I strongly believe that I'm autistic. In fact, I will be reevaluated in a couple days by a psychiatrist who is experienced in neurodevelopmental disorders. I have been sev...
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