I generally hate announcing my presence anywhere and mostly try to slip in un-noticed but here we go. I'm 52 years old and live in the West Midlands in the UK. I don't have a diagnosis but AS explains so much of my life that it seems highly likely to me that I am somewhere on the spectrum. I had managed eventually to put together a conventional seeming life up until last year when it went spectacularly wrong. I ran into a crisis in my life that resulted in me losing practically everything I had, becoming unemployed and having to sell my house. It was emotionally extremely challenging and my life is very different now but I can't say I regret it. There were deep problems with the life I had been living, extreme social and emotional isolation being the crucial one whilst trying to maintain a demanding job (two jobs actually) in mental health. All that has gone now and I'm beginning effectively a new life which it is my intention to make better than the old one.
I am highly creative. I'm a musician, artist, weaver, writer. I have a lifetime interest in and commitment to spirituality, whatever that is and have rather vigorously investigated multiple religious/spiritual modalities over the years, none of which have ultimately proved to offer what I've really been looking for. Maybe more of that on another part of the forum. Anyway I've joined here as a resource that can hopefully help me to make my way in a more balanced manner and hope to contribute what I can to the community.
28 Jan 2015, 5:48 am
