2007-2010 – I recognized I probably had Asperger’s Syndrome but didn’t see a reason to worry about it.

Oct 2019 I understood I was Autistic and started learning more about it.

I think that’s also when I started Zoloft for my anxiety and my insomnia disappeared.

2021? Next big shift recognizing my ADHD

2022 Got my “official” autism diagnosis

Dec 2022 – Jan 2023 Used sleep deprivation to win an argument AND be right. Turns out that the three choices you can pick two are:

• be right
• win
• break something (self, relationship, heart, etc.)

Usually people say “Do you want to win or be right? Pick one.”

Meaning do you want to win the argument (get the result you want) or do you want to be right (technically correct)? Because you have to be ignorant, psychotic or desperate to deliberately break something to win and be correct.

I was really desperate.

And I now have a new cause to make the world a better place. Well, the same cause of neurodiversity advocacy, but specifically in regards to the Lanterman act and 5150 and 5250 holds.