Did your Autism get better with age?

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This is a really interesting question. How do you define "better"?

I think the key thing is stress goes down with age.

When your young your expected to reach milestones like dating , socialising career expectations etc..

Your at peak dynamic point in your life where everything changes rapidly

After a certain age those expectations are gone life slows down to a crawling pace

On the plus side things are easier but you have to pretend you didn’t miss out on what you should have done for someone of that age or didn’t take advantage of the best time of your youth.

In my case it's hard to say what's autism & what isn't because I have various other issues but I do I do feel I'm more functional in my 30s(I'm 42 now) than I was in my 20s. Some of the reason for me is experience, trying to understand myself & issues more, trying to work on myself in various other ways. Also my living situation changing for the better like moving in with my girlfriend in an urban area instead of living with my parents in a ruralish area feeling majorly depressed being single.

Mine became more pronounced with age. And once I was diagnosed officially, I did less masking.