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Recent content by Ruby

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    Unsure about going non-contact with my mum

    Thank you for your input. I am concerned that I might end up paying over $600 per week in rent if it skyrockets. In this place, the rent is quite consistent.
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    Unsure about going non-contact with my mum

    Thank you for your input. There is no way of knowing whether the people I live with will be kind, so I’d be concerned about living with others when ultimately I’d like to live alone. I have a cat as well. We don’t generally get along with family and my friends mainly live with their parents.
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    Unsure about going non-contact with my mum

    Yeah, I’m afraid I’ll end up paying more that $600 a week for rent and that I have a cat
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    Unsure about going non-contact with my mum

    I could live somewhere else as long as the rent isn’t more than $600 AUD p/w (though I would have to work more than full-time & sacrifice a lot). My problem is that I have a cat and I’m concerned that the rent could skyrocket to over $600 AUD p/w whereas rent doesn’t really change with my mum’s...
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    Unsure about going non-contact with my mum

    For me it’s more that I don’t know the best course of action yet in order to make the change. I am getting a lot of different answers which is insightful. I have got quite a bit to lose from every situation. I’ll have to decide what I prefer or whether there’s a middle-ground
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    Unsure about going non-contact with my mum

    I am very glad that your mother is working with you to better the relationship and acknowledged her downfalls. I wish you best of luck!
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    Unsure about going non-contact with my mum

    Perhaps seeing my mum with my sister &/limiting my visits/chats to half an hour might be an idea
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    Unsure about going non-contact with my mum

    Hi, I am in a situation where I am having trouble coming to an appropriate decision. My mum is particularly nasty and has narcissistic tendencies. I feel that her negative behaviours and her predisposition to make situations about her seem more apparent as time goes on, since she bought us the...
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    Is anyone particularly upset about dealing with ‘cognitive defects’?

    I think travelling & listening to music can feel really good, although I can tend to get motion sickness and it can stink a lot, but I bring a face mask which has lots of perfume on it.
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    Is anyone particularly upset about dealing with ‘cognitive defects’?

    Thank you! This could be great for some people. I personally don’t see myself as having a disability but rather as having cognitive defects and I don’t want to be treated differently from a neurotypical. I am very negatively impacted as a result of having the ‘autism’ label throughout my life...
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    Are integration aides a common occurrence amongst those diagnosed with ASD as a child? How upsetting or negative has it been for you?

    I’m sorry it was tough for you. I feel ashamed that I was diagnosed so early and I think it could have been better or just as bad if I came to the conclusion of being autistic on my own terms, because autism seemed to mean ‘incompetent’ when I was a child.
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    Are integration aides a common occurrence amongst those diagnosed with ASD as a child? How upsetting or negative has it been for you?

    Yes, I think the stigma Ian’s how we are treated is worse than what autism ect. actually entails, for some of us. Whether there is a diagnosis or not, people still get treated differently and stigmatised and no one really understands unless they have similar struggles themselves.
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    Are integration aides a common occurrence amongst those diagnosed with ASD as a child? How upsetting or negative has it been for you?

    Thank you for sharing. I’m sorry your social life wasn’t great. I hope you have a satisfying social life now.
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    Is anyone particularly upset about dealing with ‘cognitive defects’?

    Thank you! I’m glad you found a job that focuses on your strengths and that you feel better about it all!
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    Is anyone particularly upset about dealing with ‘cognitive defects’?

    Thank you! Sounds like this could be very helpful for some. I personally don’t consider myself to have a disability as there are probably more or just as many tasks I can do well, therefore I don’t feel it is justified. It also isn’t very empowering, as the term ‘disability’ would only focus on...
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