On a related but separate note, 60% of late diagnosed autistic adults reported suicide ideation compared to just 42% of individuals who were diagnosed earlier in life. This tells me that the problem of adults remaining undiagnosed is way worse than anyone is acknowledging.
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Something is off the person's whole life. No matter on how much person tries to fit in, sooner or later something happens and person get accused to be difficult.
So, at some point person concludes that there is evil in them and that only way out is death.
Personally, I always felt like an extraterrestrial.
That's why I liked shows and movies where aliens come and deal with humans. It was so relatable.
I see many writing about the relief of diagnosis/self diagnosis
There’s some
But there’s so little support or understanding
Years of therapy not identifying the diagnosis ? Hard to find someone who then does and is capable of guiding you thru
There are books
But human contact ?
But the tears blur the page
I’m tired too
I still get blindsided by the allistic world everyday
I’m still that gullible young girl who was just trying to fit in
Now reading about self care for autism
I dont want to have to
But no one else will
I used to think about it *every day*. Had a plan, the means, and everything.
I never thought there might be a connection. I still don't know there is.
But it's an interesting data point.
Most therapies must be modified before they can effectively be used with autism.
I needed a framework that worked with all neurotypes & trauma.
https://youtu.be/87qLWFZManA?feature=shared
I fear that suicide is the main reason for the significantly lower life expectancy of autistic people.
I hyperfocus everyday for stress relief, rather than fight it. In short, I embrace the feral & work with it.
It takes time, but you learn to work with your nature rather than against it.
It also helps to view autism as an environmental mismatch rather than a deficit.
TMS has proved a lifesaver, though.
Also many who develop severe PTSD are undiagnosed autists. It goes hand in hand. Per my psychiatrist.
Helped she was a baddie and I def think she was also on the spectrum. She retired and passed away not that long ago. I miss her. She hated Trump too. LOL 😂
I'm shook. Deeply.
When I was living in Japan, it almost felt like a world where introversion and autism was the norm. So quiet and orderly, yet imaginative. But then they ruined it by having a toxic, deadly, work culture. 😢
Masking for 50 years got me through life, but the cost....
I'm so tired.
Got diagnosed five years ago.
Now I’m pissed.
And staying alive out of pure goddamn spite.
Yeah ... pissed.
That's rage inducing.
(For anything from overeating —looking at you, Weight Watchers—to 🍺 to GRIEF?!)
“Oh. Thought terminating clichés & God talk. 🤦♀️🔫”
I wish it could have saved my brother's too
42% vs 60% are BOTH too high.
Nobody should get to suicide ideation. That’s planning to take your life away. That’s not success.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11042491/
I don't think my parents would have reacted well or gotten me diagnosed even if it was obvious that im autistic.
I hope to continue accepting myself, and fight for all those like me.