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When Others Dismiss Your New Understanding of Yourself

I finally understand why I've always felt different after my autism diagnosis but now my friends say I'm using it as an excuse and making everything about autism.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Post-diagnosis identity integration can be misinterpreted by others as excuse-making rather than recognized as necessary self-understanding and healing.

Ideas that help explain it
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