autistic women: 16 *unrecognized* signs

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  @Woobsmom.StacyH · 2 years ago

  I am trying not to over identify. As a 50yo therapist who is so wiped out by client interaction; I don’t have friends or a romantic partner. I feel fulfilled by my relationships with my adult children and pets. I am exhausted by comparing myself to others my age. I am accepting that my weirdness just is.

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  @EdelweisSusie · 2 years ago

  1. Social over-thinking (over- or under-sharing)<br>2. Exhaustion/chronic fatigue from social interaction<br>3. Raging sensory issues (sounds, smells, the feel of things)<br>4. Masking (hiding the real you)<br>5. Dating issues (limerence)<br>6. Chronic anxiety/depression (ie confident at work but falling apart in the home/untidiness)<br>7. Crying a lot<br>8. History of female friendship issues (trusting women)<br>9. Being entrenched in a fantasy world ie programmes on TV/series<br>10. A massive need for repetition<br>11. Secret ‘picking’ ie fluff off a blanket<br>12. Heightened clumsiness<br>13. Preferring to be alone<br>14. Faking/masking how hard daily life is for you<br>15. Highly empathic towards animals<br>16. Being good at reading people (and gauging how to respond)

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  @sorkiemernie · 2 years ago

  “Menopause turned the lights out on my energetic motivation to be in the world.” That hit hard…never even thought about that &nbsp;💡

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  @Chiromagic · 1 year ago

  I have them all 😅 and no one has ever mentioned autism as a possibility, just anxiety and panic disorder. So glad I found you!

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  @sherrydarling9626 · 2 years ago

  Wow! &nbsp;I’m 79, never been evaluated as ADHD OR AUTISTIC, etc. &nbsp;I’m a mess and a hermit. &nbsp;I don’t ever feel like I ‘belong’, or that I am accepted. &nbsp;This opened my eyes, it gave me comfort, made me feel less ‘different’. &nbsp;Thanks for this.

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  @acuriousmindedseeker · 2 years ago

  Menopause seemed to be the thing for me that really started the slide into no longer being able to hide and mask consistently. &nbsp; I relate to every single point, thanks for the validation and explanations. &nbsp;You are helping so much with your channel.

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• GA

  @gayleboudreau9355 · 2 years ago

  “Needing more recovery time after socializing” hit me between the eyes! YES! That is me, and now I understand it better!

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  @Obsessedwithpurple · 2 years ago

  I’m 51. And just got an autism diagnosis

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• TA

  @tangerinefizz11 · 2 years ago

  I work at home and talk on the phone all day long. I enjoy many aspects of my job, but by the time I get off from work, I am absolutely wiped out. The last thing I usually want to do is socialize, and I&apos;m often filled with dread whenever my phone rings outside of my working hours.

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• LI

  @liss2023 · 2 years ago (edited)

  It’s every single aspect for me 😢 I hate it so much, it’s so miserable and I can’t tell anybody

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• MA

  @mardimagoo7065 · 2 years ago

  I wonder how many neurodivergent women end up with narcissistic partners? &nbsp;Seems to be a bit of a tragic , magnetic pull. &nbsp;When you start to understand the relational dynamics, it makes perfect sense.<br><br>Thank you for the video, and thank you to all the commenters. I&apos;m learning learning learning 🙏🏽<br><br>I sobbed through the whole video, resonating powerfully with every detail. &nbsp;I&apos;m newly menopausal, I left my abusive, narcissistic partner last spring, after 30 years and two kids, I&apos;m in trauma-informed therapy for the first time in my life, and things are finally starting to make sense! &nbsp;Everything sucks, I&apos;m broke and very alone, but also, in many ways, I&apos;m SO relieved. &nbsp;<br><br>Your video helped me today. &nbsp;Thank you.

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  @deniseclaeys8295 · 2 years ago

  This was SO rich with gems like: &nbsp;&quot;Intuitiveness could be pattern-recognition,&quot; and &quot;the trail of broken female friendships,&quot; and &quot;the windows are always open, so it gets dustier,&quot; that I had to watch twice. Thank you!

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