I have autism and this fact has disturbed me greatly for some time, to the point its led me to some dark paths. I just want to know if I can actually live a normal life with it or am I doomed to be a weirdo forever?

  • Azzu@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I remember you from that psych ward post the other day :)

    I think you can definitely live a fulfilling life. I have high functioning autism myself and I live one.

    But you will not be “normal”. Yes, you’ll always be a “weirdo”. I’m also very much so a weirdo.

    There are NT people in here that say everyone is weird, and they’re pretty much correct. But if you’re autistic you’re still “more weird” in many ways and faced with more challenges socially.

    The trick is to figure out how to be fine with that reality. I assure you that it’s possible. But “figuring out how to be fine with it” necessarily implies that you have to change yourself, your mindset, what you believe is true. It requires constant evaluation of yourself and of trying out new things, new ways of thinking, new beliefs.

    So yeah, I’m sure you can live a fulfilling life :) just try to be open to new things, try to seek them out as much as you can, and try to be open to change :)

      • Azzu@lemm.ee
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        6 months ago

        It’s certainly a possible choice. I can’t really help you with that though, you got to know yourself if that’s right for you.

        For me, I felt terrible throughout a majority of my life. I don’t know if I was lucky or what, but I somehow never seriously considered ending my life. For me, that was really good, because I could have never imagined how good my life can be. If I look at today, it would just be extremely sad if I didn’t get to experience such a happy state.

        I don’t know what your future holds, no one does. But I personally think that there’s at least a chance that you’d experience the same thing.