Realizing I'm Neurodivergent: My Story

Phoinyxisnotonfire

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When did you first realize that you weren't neurotypical? I think I was around 14 before I realized my brain was different.

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SpookyKitty

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I have memories from kindergarten of feeling different and like I was the odd one out. For most of my life I assumed it was just anxiety, but recently I've come to realize that I'm most likely autistic.

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- Phoinyxisnotonfire
  
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  @SpookyKitty I was made aware of autism at 14 so that's why I think it was around then that I started to realize it. I've always know i was 'different'
  
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    @Phoinyxisnotonfire it wasn't until last year that I really learned about what it meant to be an autistic woman, and that's when I started to put the pieces together. So much research is based on boys that it never even crossed my mind. Now I firmly identify with it. I'm nervous to get my formal diagnosis though.
    
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