I was diagnosed late at 34. I’m slowly learning about how well I’ve been masking EVERYTHING. My lip biting, nail biting, and I sucked my thumb until I was 14 used to just be “bad habits” but now I know it’s stimming. I was heavily bullied as a kid for what I thought was “no reason” but I’m starting to think that they picked up on on the autism and excluded me for it. My diagnosis came with questions AND answers.
I was diagnosed late at 34. I’m slowly learning about how well I’ve been masking EVERYTHING. My lip biting, nail biting, and I sucked my thumb until I was 14 used to just be “bad habits” but now I know it’s stimming. I was heavily bullied as a kid for what I thought was “no reason” but I’m starting to think that they picked up on on the autism and excluded me for it. My diagnosis came with questions AND answers.