[HN Gopher] Hannah Gadsby on her autism diagnosis
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       Hannah Gadsby on her autism diagnosis
        
       Author : ColinWright
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2022-03-30 12:43 UTC (2 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | vecplane wrote:
       | Her Nanette special - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aE29fiatQ0
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       | Nanette 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWJhMnYv6Mg
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       | Can Nanette 3 be about autism?
        
       | thenerdhead wrote:
       | I have spent majority of my adult life operating under the idea
       | that I'm on the spectrum. I have no problem sharing that detail
       | of my life as I sit in front of a computer for more than 8 hours
       | most days and would identify as introverted and eccentric in my
       | own ways.
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       | What I found interesting is that as I experimented with lowering
       | my screen time and doing more analog activities, my symptoms that
       | had me believing I was on the spectrum started to disappear.
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       | I became more extroverted. I regained my attention towards a
       | single task. I no longer exploded with anger or frustration when
       | I was overwhelmed. I even started to accomplish things I never
       | thought I would and see side projects to completion.
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       | At a certain point, I said enough is enough with regards to
       | coping and dedicated each new day to working on these challenges.
       | I don't think I'm the same person I previously identified as. I
       | mean that in a good way.
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       | The article mentions this a bit later:
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       | > Most people who struggle to find stable employment also contend
       | with things like intergenerational poverty and/or trauma, cycles
       | of abuse, mental illness, systemic discrimination, disability or
       | neurological disorders. Not only are these all chronically
       | stressful and traumatic circumstances, they have all been linked
       | to a high incidence of impaired executive function.
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       | I would agree here. As I started to face my
       | childhood/generational trauma, mental illnesses, and other
       | regular things you question as you approach 30, I started to find
       | much more peace with everything. On-top of that, I started to
       | find what I'm passionate for and continue to work towards that
       | each day.
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       | I think everyone has their own journey to go through, but I do
       | believe it's possible to change drastically as an individual.
        
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