But you don't look autistic!

That's a sentence I hear 80% of the time when I tell someone I have autism. It always makes me feel a bit confused; what are autistic people supposed to look like? Do I have to act all strange and unpredictable? I really don't know. I guess we just look the same as other humans, nothing alien about it, at least not on the outside. Because sometimes I really do feel like an alien.

Introduction

Hi! I created this little space to capture everything I experience along the journey of getting to know myself more, aswell as the overall day to day things I experience that's got to do with my autism.

I am 25 and I was diagnosed in my teen years, although I've only recently started to discover a whole lot about myself. I've found that a lot of things I struggle with lead back to this, solely by learning so much more about it recently. I've started to learn by mainly listening to podcasts and honestly, I should've started sooner! It's really been incredible hearing people talk about their own experience and their traits and being able to finally relate to things!

This journey of self discovery has been so great for me and with sharing it I'm hoping to be able to help others learn more about themselves or understanding autistic people around them. Of course no one is the same, but if I can get so much out of hearing about other people's experiences, then I want to do the same and return the favour, ya know?

I don't know how much of this makes sense, but anyways, hi, I am here to tell you my story. My ongoing discovery of my mind, the struggles and thoughts in one place, all having to do with that wonderful thing called ✧autism✧.. I don't completely know how my brain works yet, but I'm finding out more and more!

Welcome to idk my brain.