LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHave you found this?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down111
arrow-up1453arrow-down1imageHave you found this?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squareBrowse8474@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 months agoI feel the opposite, Getting late diagnosed made me feel less broken as things started to click why I am how I am. Rather than trying to blend in and “fix” who I am, I’ve started to just not bother trying.
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt can be both – fear of admitting to yourself that maybe the bullies were right and there is something “wrong” with you, and learning to accept that you are different and this is how / this is what helps.
minus-squareBrowse8474@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoAbsolutely 100%, lt is very difficult to get out of that mindset of it being wrong/bad to be on the spectrum. I’m not totally and doubt I truly will ever be.
I feel the opposite, Getting late diagnosed made me feel less broken as things started to click why I am how I am.
Rather than trying to blend in and “fix” who I am, I’ve started to just not bother trying.
It can be both – fear of admitting to yourself that maybe the bullies were right and there is something “wrong” with you, and learning to accept that you are different and this is how / this is what helps.
Absolutely 100%, lt is very difficult to get out of that mindset of it being wrong/bad to be on the spectrum.
I’m not totally and doubt I truly will ever be.