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Recent content by KateJones

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    Lying and gaslighting

    Thank you all for your response here. You’ve all given me a consistent message and a lot of insight and new ways to think around some of this. For those who asked I do have some support and am working on healing myself. These long term issues have had a significant impact on me not helped by...
  2. K

    Lying and gaslighting

    My husband was recently diagnosed. Something that seems to be a central pillar of his diagnosis is his self stated need for fairness and a tendency to be too honest. I am somewhat concerned to say the least that his diagnosis process (in the UK) involved zero input from anyone else who knows or...
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    New to this, looking for advice

    Apologies for silence. Have been trying to take things on board and work out what it means to me, for our relationship and what may come in the future. It’s a tough time!
  4. K

    New to this, looking for advice

    I agree we’re at a very difficult point in our relationship. There is a significant gap in our ability to effectively communicate with each other and we are lacking clarity on where to start. At the moment it feels like we are not aligned, we don’t have a shared common understanding and we’re...
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    New to this, looking for advice

    Thank you all again for your replies and for sharing so much insight from your own experiences. I truly appreciate how open you have been on what are some very personal insights and I am taking time to understand your replies and see what is next for us on our journey. Again thank you!
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    New to this, looking for advice

    Thanks again guys. So here’s a thing. I experienced his behaviour as very self focused - without the autism diagnosis I would’ve said egotistical and narcissistic. I am not saying that to be unkind, he is very challenging, abrupt, has a strong need to be right and can he highly critical and...
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    New to this, looking for advice

    Thank you all for the warm welcome. I appreciate you taking the time to respond
  8. K

    New to this, looking for advice

    Hello everyone, Hi I’m Kate and I’m new here and hoping to get some pointers and advice as I learn more. I hope I won’t offend anyone with insensitive language or asking ‘silly’ questions Early 50s, my husband (same age) has very recently been diagnosed. I believe I’m NT. His diagnosis...
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