Imperfection and Patience | Making New Fiends as a Late Diagnosed Neurodivergent

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Making in-person friends as an adult is hard — and it can feel even harder when you’re neurodivergent, late-diagnosed, or unmasking after years of social survival mode. In this video, I share honestly about trying to build offline community, noticing old masking and over-analyzing return, and learning not to rush connection.​​

I talk about social spirals after meetups, the pressure to be “the perfect friend,” and why real friendship usually grows slowly, not instantly. If you’re craving community but terrified you’re “too much” or “not enough,” you’re not alone here.

Chapters:
0:00 – When Healing Meets Real-Life People
2:20 – Neurodivergent Masking Returns in New Social Groups
5:45 – Adult Friendships, Meetups, and Slow-Burn Friendship
10:50 – Letting Go of Perfect Communication (As an SLP!)
15:40 – Don’t Rush Connection: Anxiety, Info-Dumping, and Staying Authentic
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👉😎 👉DEFINITION OF TRAUMA PER THE TIP 57 (SAMHSA, 2014):
"...the term 'trauma' refers to experiences that cause intense physical and psychological stress reactions. It can refer to 'a single event, multiple events, or a set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically and emotionally harmful or threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well being' (SAMHSA, 2012, p. 2).”