• BeautifulMind ♾️@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hahah I recognize every one of these spaces I’m another late-diagnosed adult, and the weird thing about it is that I didn’t start having these conversations with myself until after being diagnosed

    Masking is a hell of a drug

  • Cass.Forest@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    You missed the stage where you don’t want to openly identify as autistic because of the stigma surrounding both autism itself as well as self-diagnosis

  • Phileosopher@programming.devB
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    1 year ago

    You’re forgetting the future stages:

    • holy crap! im autistic
    • hey everyone, im autistic
    • okay, i guess it just explains everything
    • nobody seems to care that much
    • alright, i’ll go find a good-paying tech/accounting/science job now
    • proud to be ASD, if anyone cares