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 Forum: Stats   Topic: Age of self-awareness.

Joseki
 Post subject: Re: Age of self-awareness.
Posted: 14 Apr 2020, 9:33 am 

Replies: 54
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I was aware of my struggles since late elementary school. I didn't put "autism" in the mix of self-understanding until I was in my early 30s and I took an online neurodiversity quiz out of curiosity of whether my difficulties might have been Asperger's. That quiz declared that I was, in fa...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Those who can hide there autism?

Joseki
Posted: 14 Apr 2020, 9:22 am 

Replies: 59
Views: 2,444
As many here have commented, masking/passing takes a lot of energy out of me. Regarding learning difficulties: I am all but certain I have an auditory processing disorder, which would be a learning disability, were it ever diagnosed when I was in school. I later found out that a lot of coping strate...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Is it possible to have good social skills?

Joseki
Posted: 13 Apr 2020, 2:53 pm 

Replies: 15
Views: 1,276
I've tried very hard in my life to "mask" and mimic, and I think I am fairly successful at it, so long as I remain pretty quiet and don't say something "odd". It is terribly exhausting for me, though. Even with people I feel comfortable around, I can last about 90 minutes max int...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Social distancing

Joseki
 Post subject: Re: Social distancing
Posted: 13 Apr 2020, 2:43 pm 

Replies: 47
Views: 4,990
Social distancing for me has meant the opposite of something appealing to my tendencies. Instead of being able to hide in my space at work all by myself for most of the day and control, for the most part, when I see other people, now I am basically locked in a house with other people and not a lot o...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Your autistic traits.

Joseki
 Post subject: Re: Your autistic traits.
Posted: 13 Apr 2020, 1:29 pm 

Replies: 7
Views: 604
Being autistic means that you have met the DSM criteria: social communication/interaction "deficits" and also repetitive/restrictive behaviors. Being autistic, IMHO, does not necessarily mean that one is either introverted or extroverted, or either shy or outgoing, or does or does not have...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Recently diagnosed newbie

Joseki
Posted: 13 Apr 2020, 12:53 pm 

Replies: 14
Views: 547
Hi! Welcome from a fellow Newbie! I have a similar story. Many years of being diagnosed with depression and anxiety. One severe breakdown in my late 20s and another in my 30s. Then got the ASD diagnosis in my 40s. Happy to see someone else boarding the ship at the same time with a similar medical hi...
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