@riley @actuallyautistic Oh, there's definitely overlap there. I'm re-evaluating my sexuality as well. Just trying out different thoughts and questioning my behaviour. I'm at the point where I lean towards the asexual spectrum and also consider myself to be non-binary. Basically I'm going the full route of re-discovering myself.
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Right after my diagnosis I noticed sensory things that were really bugging me. Especially everything regarding sound, light and tactile sense. I kinda wrote that off to "Yeah, you now know you're autistic, of course you just look out for these things."
But as further the diagnosis lies in the past, I continue to notice those things unconcsiously. I start noticing when I'm overwhelmed by sounds, for example. The thing is: I never noticed that all this was overwhelming to me BEFORE my diagnosis. I knew that something was draining energy from me, but I was never really able to tell.
Did you have a similar experience? That only after the diagnosis you actually started to notice that all those sensory issues are actually what is overwhelming to you? That you just didn't get, that they are contributing to your mental drain out?