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This book made me feel so seen. Seeing words written on a page describing what I experience and telling me it's nothing to be ashamed about lifted a weight off my shoulders. I'm more ready to accept myself now, and I'm ready to start working on skills to help better my life.
I was diagnosed with autism spectrum, disorder level 1 about a month ago as an adult, and it's thrown me for a loop. What if they discovered that I had autism when I was still a child, would things have been easier for me now? Would things be different? I felt confused, alone, and even angry at times. I felt like I didn't know who I was, where the mask stopped and the real me started and, to an extent, I'm still trying to figure that out.
While I did learn some coping skills and ways of thinking through cognitive behavioural therapy a few years back for a separate disorder, there were still some tips and thought exercises that put things into perspective for me and that I'll use to live a more fulfilling life.
I recommend this for anyone on the spectrum who is struggling to deal with day-to-day life due to their condition, as this book takes a positive psychology approach to autism and helps you see things from a slightly different perspective. I appreciated that this book didn't see autism as something that needed fixing, it sees autism as something that's just different.
I was diagnosed with autism spectrum, disorder level 1 about a month ago as an adult, and it's thrown me for a loop. What if they discovered that I had autism when I was still a child, would things have been easier for me now? Would things be different? I felt confused, alone, and even angry at times. I felt like I didn't know who I was, where the mask stopped and the real me started and, to an extent, I'm still trying to figure that out.
While I did learn some coping skills and ways of thinking through cognitive behavioural therapy a few years back for a separate disorder, there were still some tips and thought exercises that put things into perspective for me and that I'll use to live a more fulfilling life.
I recommend this for anyone on the spectrum who is struggling to deal with day-to-day life due to their condition, as this book takes a positive psychology approach to autism and helps you see things from a slightly different perspective. I appreciated that this book didn't see autism as something that needed fixing, it sees autism as something that's just different.