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willow01

Updated 11mo ago

Struggling with Self-Hatred as an Autistic Person

Hello, I’m 21 year old autistic. I was only diagnosed a year ago. Recently I’ve been feeling a lot of self hatred and anger towards myself for the way I am. It’s hard to see the positives of Autism when the things I struggle with affect me so much. I would never feel judgement or anger towards someone else with Autism so I don’t know why I feel like this. Does anyone have moments like this?

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Yes, many people with autism experience moments of self-hatred and anger towards themselves. It's common to struggle with accepting the diagnosis and coming to terms with it. Some individuals have sha...See More

MerlinTheWizard

I feel the same way. Even before I was diagnosed I felt alien and upset that I couldn't understand or socially interact with people.

Astrid.flowers

All the time. Psychedelics help 💜

Crumbcatcher

I felt this way because I was taught autism was a bad thing, maybe something that could help is looking at all the amazing things that autistic minds created that couldn’t have been made by anyone else. We are different but you’ve always been this way and you’ll come out on the other side better than before I promise.

welpe

I was told originally not to google autism as a teen because of terrible stories a, so I added things like benefits and ... But i still got srlf conscious and eventually felt the blame. Some books I have read that have been helpful are unmasking autism by Devon Price and Divergent Mind by Jenara Nerenberg (though more specifically to female with that last one, but can go for both.

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