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Better late than never - Hi from Australia

Hi Rectify - I'm in Australia too - and I'm 40, female and have just discovered I'm on the spectrum. I'm new to the forum too, and not really sure what I'm hoping to get out of it; friends and understanding I guess. Hello!
 
Hi @RedOrangeYellow :)

I've only been active on here for about a week but you do get to hear a lot of different opinions and that can be a positive thing in understanding our many differences even though we are under the asd umbrella.

Also, getting overall pictures, and different ways to go, for any problems we present to the forum. Especially if in day to day life you don't know anyone else with asd (or few people) - this is actually a great service in that respect.

I'm in South east Queensland. Edit: I see you're in Melbourne from another thread. I was there recently to visit family. I like Melbourne though I admit having so many people around was a little hard.
 
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I've lived all over Australia - I grew up in Far North Queensland and have lived in Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, the Pilbara, and for the last 11 years Tasmania. I'm just about to leave here and head back to Melbourne. I think for the sake of saving a long-ish story about heartbreak, I said I was already in Melbourne on another thread, but the truth is that I am not quite there yet. I will leave Hobart in two weeks, and have a two month holiday and in late September I will return to Melbourne. I lived there 20 years ago in my early twenties and I still have lots of friends there.

I have severe face blindness - so I actually love big cities. In a small city I'm constantly walking past people I'm supposed to say hello to. It's awkward and people think I'm rude. Also in bigger cities people tend to have a bit more of a 'look' I find. They might have strange clothes or wild coloured hair and if they do, then I can recognise them. Also city people are more unflappable. They don't care if you're a bit weird. So cities are definitely for me. Hobart was a compromise I made for my relationship, which has now ended after 14 years which means I can settle where I'd prefer now.

Have you known a long time or just found out that you're autistic?
 
RedOrangeYellow said:
I lived there 20 years ago in my early twenties and I still have lots of friends there.
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I also lived there many years ago.

What you said about cities makes sense and I liked the variation I found when I lived there too. But I have now lived away from cities for a long time and it's just hard to adjust when I visit. I feel overwhelmed.

I'm sorry about your relationship.

Re. diagnosis - I only found out just over a year ago. It's a revelation in ways. Though I'm a bit mixed up through not having known for so long. I've been trying to fit in, and not quite getting there. I feel a bit like I don't know where I belong sometimes.
 
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It's a revelation in ways. Though I'm a bit mixed up through not having known for so long. I've been trying to fit in, and not quite getting there. I feel a bit like I don't know where I belong sometimes.
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ABSOLUTELY. I feel exactly this. Splitting with my long term partner, selling the business we owned that was my full time job, moving states, and finding out I'm autistic all in the last year has been a lot to take in. It is really nice to find people like me out there. And thanks for the comment on my relationship. It has been a process of grief, but I'm getting there. I'm better than I was a few months ago, and will be immeasurably better in two weeks when I can leave for good.

Do you live with other people?
 
RedOrangeYellow said:
I'm better than I was a few months ago, and will be immeasurably better in two weeks when I can leave for good.

Do you live with other people?
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I would feel better once things were all wrapped up too. I know it's a part of life that sometimes things are in-between or we don't know what his happening, how things will pan out - but I don't like it.

I do live with others. I still have one child at home full time. I also live next door to family.
 
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