@TheBreadmonkey@actuallyautistic
Discovering something like this about yourself is not easy, it's not even painless. It tends to make us look back and reframe our entire lives. Often that can feel like grieving all the "what might have been's", or it makes us angry, even bitter at times, when we see how avoidable so much was. If only we had known, or others had even tried to "see" us as we were.
But, this also gives us access to so much more. To a community and its knowledge and experience. We are no long alone. We can truly begin to understand what being us, is and not only how to express that, but nurture it. We can learn how to shield ourselves and take care of ourselves and to live so much better.
samhainnight