Adult with Autism | Dark Side of Autism | Late Autism Diagnosis

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  @cloudygirl66 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I always say, having supportive people in younger years makes all the difference.  I didn't.  I was diagnosed at 45.  I am 56 now and lonely.  Always been alone.

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• DA

  @danielle3918 · 3 years ago

  "I've been fake forever for your benefit. Now I just wanna be me." - I feel that.

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• TH

  @TheYangnyin · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m 50 and was diagnosed last year. &nbsp;Nothing has changed. &nbsp;My work&apos;s HR is useless, &nbsp;my family says I&apos;m fine and labels are meaningless, &nbsp;and I don&apos;t even know who I am without the role I play. &nbsp;I&apos;m glad that it&apos;s official but I&apos;m still stressed and still tired. &nbsp;<b>sigh</b> Thank you for sharing your perspective.

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• FI

  @fishofthepeople · 2 years ago

  Neurotypical people don&apos;t get that what brings us to a diagnostics as adults is precisely that it gets harder to deal with all this, and we are suffering more than before.<br>Keep it up, man.. it&apos;s nice to hear a working class down-to-earth voice speaking about these issues.

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• SK

  @skelenigma · 2 years ago

  “I need more hours in a day to think than there are actually hours (in a day)” <br>Man that hits close to home hahaha

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• BA

  @BarefootBeekeeper · 3 years ago

  I am 70 years old and have only had a gradual realisation of this explanation of my life during the last 5 years. I&apos;m glad that young people now have more understanding and help.

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• JO

  @jonkas4542 · 1 year ago

  I&apos;ve recently heard it described like this...<br> &nbsp;Autism is like being in an abusive relationship with humanity.

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• SE

  @SestraElla · 4 years ago

  &quot;The older I get, the easier it is to break through my resilience wall&quot;<br>Freaking a... this is like the exact wording I&apos;ve been needing to use that I couldn&apos;t think of on my own. Always told I&apos;m so resilient, and realizing lately - especially in work - that I am unable to handle less bullshit and stress than before. That I&apos;ve been living &quot;fake it till you make it&quot; all my life and faking it is just becoming too heavy a burden nowadays.

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• MA

  @magaretmclaughlin6086 · 2 years ago

  I thought to make you smile – my diagnosis came only three weeks ago. I am 85 years old and suddenly all the heaviness of decades of puzzlement and negative experience dropped off. In my opinion, to have a diagnosis is marvellous. And I am rejoicing, however late in the day.

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• CH

  @CherboHerbo · 2 years ago

  “I’ve been fake forever for your benefit” so real bro I could basically be an actor rn

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• NE

  @neuroticnation144 · 3 years ago

  I hear you. When I was a kid, autism wasn’t a thing, then only boys had it, then I was too old to be diagnosed or considered. I got diagnosed at 52. I’d grown up, had a terrible time with work, gotten married, had a terrible divorce, wasn’t able to bond properly with my kids, so much! So much pain could have been avoided if I had known. So many paths unwalked because I didn’t know. At first it was a relief to find out, so many questions answered. Now it’s just depressing.

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• JO

  @jonkas4542 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m 52. &nbsp;I have SO MANY memories growing up as a kid and into my teens of being socially awkward. &nbsp;Watching other kids have &apos;fun&apos;. &nbsp;Sitting at the back of the bus and watch the noisy kids blabber out loud and stare at each other. &nbsp;I don&apos;t have an official diagnosis of anything but I know I&apos;m wired differently. &nbsp;I perform my job very well. &nbsp;But avoid company parties. &nbsp;Social anxiety is practically painful while I try to absorb and digest all the noisy information around me.

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