Confirmation

Wow.

Not only have I not written anything here for the last few months, I’ve not be reading any of your blogs either. For the first time in well over a year, AS has not been a conscious part of my daily routine for some time.

Today I’ve not only written here for the first time since November, but I’ve also spent a bit of time reading some of my favourite AS blogs. Wow really does sum it up for me.

I spent most of last year experiencing a strong sense of kinship with many of you who write about your experience of AS. Coming back to your writing after a break has felt quite profound.

I really am one of you.

The way you see the world is the same as the way I see it. The complexities you find in your social relationships are just like mine. Your confusion, surprise, shock, and routine are all mine too. Above all, there is that certain quality in the writing, something that I can never quite put my finger on that really screams at me that we are alike.

That’s not something I get anywhere else. Not from my family, nor from work colleagues or from any of my few friends who don’t have AS. And perhaps because of that, it feels amazing.

Thank you. All of you.

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