I don't see a lot of men post on here but I have seen some so I hopes its ok if I post... I'm 22 and just got diagnosed with autism.... Idk why this bothers me so much. I've never had an issue with people with autism. I guess my whole life I knew I was different. My parents didn't like me. I'm the result from a failed vasectomy... I was always told I was different and people would tell my parents "Wtf is wrong with your kid" and they would say idfk. They let my older sisters bully me to near suicide. I was picked on in school and had several attempts of suicide. I was getting abused at home, then going to school to get abused. In the 12th grade my girlfriend asked me to prom. Her friends didn't like me because I was so weird, but she still went with me and wasn't ashamed of me. She held her head high walking holding my hand. We've been together since then. My girlfriend convinced me to go to a therapist. After a while I ended up getting some evaluations and I found out yesterday I'm autistic. Some things I do I had no idea where related to autism. I thought I wad just weak. For example I don't like loud noises. I couldn't handle wood shop in High School because of it. Everyone made fun of me and called me a pussy... I'm worried my girlfriend will noe be embarrassed of me.... I'm how to go about all this... I always thought I was different and this confirms it😞