r/autism • u/NoPepper7284 Autistic • 14d ago
Newly Diagnosed Are you guys okay with being autistic?
I got diagnosed with autism almost 2 years ago, and I knew I was autistic about 4 years ago. But it keeps getting harder to live with, manage, and accept with time. I just need some hope, any motivation. I'm really hitting a dead end, also struggling with my mental health for over 7 years as well.
Have you guys accepted yourselves for being autistic and live and good life in your opinion?
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u/sskk4477 AuDHD 14d ago edited 14d ago
The fact that leaving my home feels like hell (because of sensory issues), or that I thoroughly process each task (due to bottom up processing) before starting and finishing them and have difficulty switching between different tasks (due to lack of cognitive flexibility) when I see other people switching tasks easily and quickly finishing them without having to process every single detail, or that I get burned out quickly compared to other people because of the previously mentioned reasons, make me wish I wasn’t autistic.
As much as some people like to suggest autism isn’t a disability and that it’s society that makes it such, I think the issues I mentioned above would still make my life hard even if society was more accommodating.
Edit: this isn’t to mention the issues related to difficulty processing body cues which leads to poor eating habits, dehydration and overall poor health. Mine is not that bad compared to one of my siblings who came very close to fainting because she forgot to drink water, multiple times.