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220. Why So Many Women Don’t Know They are Autistic with Katherine May

We Can Do Hard Things

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The Importance of Being Overwhelmed

The early baby stage was so hard for me I was so overwhelmed and Yeah, the crying and screaming is hard. The constant touch that a baby required was really difficult. People were calling me mum Like complete strangers can suddenly call you mum which I found weird like what sorry where did that social will come from. And Whenever I said like I feel really depressed. I feel really overwhelmed. The solution was always Join a mum and baby group and it's like no for an autistic person. That's my worst nightmare. It runs in the opposite direction for me. But also just needed someone to understand how you could utterly love this person and be utterly committed to their care but also your neurological makeup is

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