SuperheroBarbie

I have recently been diagnosed so i am not sure how people will react to being told such news, so far i have been surprised at how ignorant some people are about autism in general. I have just started an internship that is unpaid, and im not sure if i should mention my aspergers to them. My family and a lecturer i told at uni make me feel like i should not tell anyone. I feel like what was the point iin being diagnosed after all this time if no one is going to take notice of it anyway. Im still very confused about what it all means and what i can do or others can do for me.

I find it difficult telling people that i love them, i cant physically get the words out to even my own mother. I dont know why it just seems weird and embarassing. I find it weird hugging people back, i dont mind being hugged so much by my mom or sister but i feel weird hugging them back, so most of the time i stand with my arms limp. I tell my cat i love him all the time though, but i guess thats because he doesnt speak back.

Hello Im a 23 year old female from Scotland who has been recently diagnosed with Aspergers. I have always found certain things difficult that i feel everyone else dont think twice about. In a way im glad to know why i have had such difficulty and feel different, but at the same time i feel even more isolated. Over the last 9 months i have become depressed and anxious, and subsquently withdrawing myself from most social situations - which i tend to want to avoid anyways, but usually I force myself through them. I feel like noone really understands or cares, and my parents dont want me to tell anyone that i have Aspergers. I decided to tell my lecturer and she spoke to me like i didnt even have it, saying that if i go to the support group i am being advised to go to, i will be faced with a bunch of loneys basically. I feel so confussed and alone right now and i dont know where to go from here. How do you deal with something people dont understand or dont even acknowledge?