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    Removing the mask to try and find yourself...how do you do it?

    That actually sounds like a really neat idea. Plus, if I'm able to identify those things that make me happy out of it/things that I like to avoid or make me uncomfortable I could make my home life a haven for myself as a break from the 'real world'.
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    Removing the mask to try and find yourself...how do you do it?

    Thank you for the link! I will give it a serious read. I have found that a lot of people on this site are not only friendly/helpful but are willing to share resources. :)
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    Removing the mask to try and find yourself...how do you do it?

    Thanks for the suggestion!! I've been in school and working a 40-hour work week so long that I need to get a hobby anyway in order to stave off the boredom...especially during the winter. :)
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    Removing the mask to try and find yourself...how do you do it?

    Thank you for the wonderfully written response. What you mentioned is almost word-for-word what my current therapists suggested I do. The trick, of course, it chipping away at what I have done 'just to fit in' and what I really enjoy. Certain aspects have become so enmeshed that it may be hard...
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    Removing the mask to try and find yourself...how do you do it?

    I was diagnosed this year in my 30s with ASD/Asperger's. Since childhood I knew that there was something different about how I interacted with others and the behaviors that I wanted to engage in weren't 'socially acceptable' and often was the subject of me being yelled at by my father. Through...
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    Hello, newly diagnosed and struggling a bit....

    Thank you so much for your previous words. What you had to say really helped. I have worked in hospitals for the last 10 years and they can be quite noisy places. My current hospital is no exception. However, one product that I have found helps me out are the Vibes earplugs. They help me out in...
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    Hello, newly diagnosed and struggling a bit....

    Hello Bolletje, Everyone's journey is a little different, and I realize that what worked for you may not necessarily work for me. But, how did you work out what you could/couldn't do and how to arrange your life around that? I ask because, as I am going through my diagnosis and looking back at...
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    Hello, newly diagnosed and struggling a bit....

    Hello MrSpock, I wrote guilt because that is the closest thought that I could come up with. I'm not really sure what to label to affix to it...if I had to come up with something other than 'guilt' it would probably have to be frustration mixed with shame. Frustration because of the diagnosis...
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    Hello, newly diagnosed and struggling a bit....

    Hello, This is my first time reaching out to an online support group for anything at all. But, my therapist suggested that searching for a community to connect with (even one online) might help with the struggles I've been recently experiencing. I am 35 years old, and only recently diagnosed...
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