Hi everyone.
Neurodivergent Rebel here, and I am a late
diagnosed autistic adult.
I actually didn’t know I was autistic until
I was almost 30.
When I figured that out, it answered many
questions I had about myself, life, and the
world in general.
I started this blog because I really think
that more autistic people need to share their
experiences, because until I heard another
autistic person sharing about what it’s
like to be autistic, I thought I was completely
alone and just a weirdo, basically.
I thought nobody in the entire world could
relate to the experiences and feelings that
I had.
As an autistic person, I feel like, for me,
my emotional response is more intense to certain
situations, and people don’t always respond
well to me being “overly emotional” and
people expect me to get my emotions under
control.
But I am feeling very, very intense emotions,
so sometimes it’s not that simple.
You know, when I am happy, I am completely
overjoyed happy and I flap and bounce and
make little noises.
I’m really joyful.
If I get startled, you know, it may be a little
thing that wouldn’t startle most people,
but I am literally – my heart is jumping
out of my chest, I feel like I’m going to
throw up, and my body is doing this.
I’m sorry … I’m really scared, and I
can’t help it.
My whole life, people called me things like
“immature” and “childish” and “spaz”
and all of these horrible names because of
my feelings and the way I express myself and
the way I move.
And so, finally having that information and
knowing “you’re autistic and all of that
is normal.”
It’s a normal part of the autistic experience.
Suddenly it felt okay to be myself again.
So, those are just my thoughts on why I think
it is so important for autistic people to
share their stories and their experiences.
Anyway guys, thank you guys so much, and I’ll
talk to you next week.
Bye!
