Hello my name is Mel I’m from the uk, diagnosed at 10 and I have never been able to “mask” in my life, people can tell I’m autistic, even people who don’t know much about it. I just want to mask once in my life but I don’t know where to start. I just want to fit in and be “normal”, I can’t take this anymore. I’ve never had a job, I can’t have a normal relationship with my girlfriend, I’ve been hate crimes recently due to my autism, I just want to be normal, I don’t care how exhausting it is. Being constantly known annd clocked as autistic is also exhausting.. I’m so autistic, I get told I look autistic and that it’s easy to tell. I hate it so much.

Posted by mScot at 2024-08-19 12:42:46 UTC