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Recent content by Jonah

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    Things have been worse since I found out I was autistic

    Thanks everyone for sharing your advice and personal experiences - it's very helpful. I'm a little concerned @Crossbreed regarding your comment on my anger being a comorbid issue. I'm not certain what you mean by this. I am not someone who tends towards anger or lashing out against others, as a...
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    Things have been worse since I found out I was autistic

    Thank you @Sarah S! That may well be the hardest thing for me - especially given that the people around me have always seen me behave a certain way as an adult (ie masking), and the more I become myself, the harder it is for them to accept, because, as far as they are concerned, I have "changed"...
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    Things have been worse since I found out I was autistic

    Thanks for sharing that @Suzette. You are so right. Setting boundaries with family is incredibly difficult, especially when the requisite "healthy sense of self-worth", which often eludes me. @Gerald Wilgus - thanks heaps for sharing your perspective. That must have been so tough.
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    Things have been worse since I found out I was autistic

    Thanks for the share! I was lucky enough to be given that link relatively early on. When I was first told I might have autism I thought "No way" until I started reading literature specific to female autism. And then I was like "Ohhhhhh. Okay then."
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    Hold On

    So great to see all this fab music being posted! Here's my contribution:
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    Things have been worse since I found out I was autistic

    Thanks everyone for your words, they have been most instructive. I think the biggest problem where my family is concerned is that I have lived interstate from them for most of my adult life, and since I moved back to this area I have spent much more time with them than I have since I was a...
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    Things have been worse since I found out I was autistic

    Hi all, Nice to be here. I had a question to ask. I am a woman in her mid 40s. I've read a lot about autism since I found out I was autistic. It seems very common for people to say that they are relieved and that things have improved for them once they got their diagnosis. The opposite has...
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