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I'm a 29yo woman, just beginning to realise, with the help of my GP and therapist, that I'm somewhere on the spectrum. It's actually been a HUGE relief in many ways. But it also feels a bit daunting too, especially being an adult woman. My biggest relief is finding out that there are communities, and forums like this one, where I can talk to people without worrying about whether or not I'm playing by all those unspoken social rules and regulations that everyone is supposed to magically know. Just when I was reaching a point in my life where I couldn't cope any longer with pretending to be normal and struggling to fit in and hoping to hell that someone would just like me, a door was opened that I never even realised was there.

It's so good to know I am not the failure I was about to damn myself as. It's good to begin putting together an identity for myself. It's good to know I'm not broken, just different. And it's good to be here

Thank you, jl7711!
I was really getting to a point of no return before the idea of ASD came up with my GP. I've put in so much effort my whole life to be nice and friendly and always kind, yet I find it next to impossible to maintain friendships. I was beginning to come to the obvious conclusion that I'm just not likable. I no longer have the energy to always be putting on a performance.
I'm right at the start of this journey, but I do feel as though I've reached the end of the road where it comes to hating myself and putting myself down. It's like I've been handed the best, most unlikely gift in the world: the ability to say, because it is a fact, that I've done nothing wrong, I don't deserve to be hated or ignored or pushed aside.

Welcome, good luck on your new journey, and omfg more cats...seriously at some point I have a feeling that liking cats is going to be part of the diagnostic criteria for autism.

Hey stackcats welcome.

hey, Cats are easy to talk to!

hi. welcome. there is a cat sitting in my lap right now. what sorts of things do you like to do?

Hi cathylynn! I like travelling, reading, and video games (right now I'm playing Dragon Age: Inquisition). I sometimes also like writing.
And of course, I'm a cat person, but I love all animals. I just find cats easiest to live with. Low maintenance

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