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Recent content by gillie

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    Chronic depression.

    Yup, I get what you’re feeling - I have been in a similar state for some years. It hurts indescribably and impossible to explain to anyone who hasn't been there. It makes one wonder what it's all about, why are we who we are. In my case and I suspect maybe yours too, it's a feeling of total...
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    Help! In trouble at work ...

    Hi Nykii, As with yourself, I also had a late diagnosis of Aspergers. I was nervous about disclosing or discussing it with my employer, but they've been incredibly helpful and understanding. In particular they understand the consequences of falling foul of the Disability at Work Act 2010. They...
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    Weird Blood Types?

    A- donor but A+ recipient. Don't ask me how that works ;)
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    How do you compare your sensory issues now to how they were when you were younger?

    At 57 I had a late diagnosis just a few months ago. Before the diagnosis, I had never been aware that I had sensory issues; every aspect of the world as I experienced it was, to me, 'normal'. It's only in recent years that I've experienced meltdowns. My ASD councillor explained to me, after the...
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    AS Diagnosed in my 50s - so much to learn

    Hi All, Having been experiencing increasing anxiety and depression over the past handful of years, my daughter (25) and wife suggested (to my horror) that I was showing signs of Asperger's Syndrome. I set out to prove them very wrong by taking the Simon Baron-Cohen online test. The result wasn't...
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