I'm Lisa. I believe that I might be on the spectrum, if that is the way one would say it. I will be 50 next year and have always felt different. I have two children in elementary school and wonder if they could also be high functioning. They are doing well in school at this point and am afraid to "label" them right now.
As for me I am struggling a bit. I lost my husband to cancer 6 years ago and being an only parent of two young kids is taking a toll on me. I'd like to find out for sure if I am high functioning but am afraid of how this might affect my kids. We are doing ok but I just feel like I'm always exhausted and people don't understand, especially my family who I have had to count on a lot more without my husband. I guess I'm looking for somewhere I might feel like I belong.
After my husband passed I decided to remain home with the kids, before this I was a software engineer and actually felt very at home with my coworkers. I was laid off a year before my husband passed and have lost touch with the people we worked with, and since we both worked for the company I think I have shied away from reconnecting because of bittersweet memories. Learning more about high functioning autism I wonder also if my husband was on the spectrum as well. I feel very lost about who I am. After dealing with the grief of losing my husband I found that I allowed people (my family mostly) to control me more. I felt obligated to listen to and act accordingly to their opinion because they had helped me so much when he died, but they aren't like me and don't get me. But I don't really know me anymore either. I'm hoping to learn more and maybe find me if that makes any sense. Thank you for listening.
As for me I am struggling a bit. I lost my husband to cancer 6 years ago and being an only parent of two young kids is taking a toll on me. I'd like to find out for sure if I am high functioning but am afraid of how this might affect my kids. We are doing ok but I just feel like I'm always exhausted and people don't understand, especially my family who I have had to count on a lot more without my husband. I guess I'm looking for somewhere I might feel like I belong.
After my husband passed I decided to remain home with the kids, before this I was a software engineer and actually felt very at home with my coworkers. I was laid off a year before my husband passed and have lost touch with the people we worked with, and since we both worked for the company I think I have shied away from reconnecting because of bittersweet memories. Learning more about high functioning autism I wonder also if my husband was on the spectrum as well. I feel very lost about who I am. After dealing with the grief of losing my husband I found that I allowed people (my family mostly) to control me more. I felt obligated to listen to and act accordingly to their opinion because they had helped me so much when he died, but they aren't like me and don't get me. But I don't really know me anymore either. I'm hoping to learn more and maybe find me if that makes any sense. Thank you for listening.