How autistic women can feel lonely from misdiagnosis and being neurodivergent
“Many sensitive autistic women spend years feeling unseen and misunderstood — carrying a quiet kind of loneliness that no diagnosis ever quite explained.”
Writer Lara Rodwell continues: “This is about that loneliness — how misdiagnosis can deepen it, and how self-discovery can finally bring the belonging and relief we’ve been searching for.”
From her post “Why Misdiagnosis Keeps Sensitive Autistic Women Lonely — and How Self-Discovery Changes Everything” in The Sensitive & Neurodivergent Blog section of the Sensitive Empowerment site by Julie Bjelland, LMFT.
Lara explains more in an interview on the site:
This video is a short excerpt from podcast episode “The Secret Loneliness of Sensitive and Neurodivergent Gen Z” with Lara Rodwell, and guest host Carol Roesler.
See the Sensitive and Neurodivergent Podcast list.
Lara Rodwell is “a mental health writer, journalist, and neurodiversity advocate passionate about addressing the loneliness epidemic among young people. She’s the founder of The Lonely Club - an online and offline community for those who struggle to find connection in conventional social settings.”
Resources
» Autism Resources Page by Julie Bjelland, LMFT, specializing in Highly Sensitive People, Neurodiversity, and Autism in Women:
* Free Guide: Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace
* Autistic Energy Crash Recovery Guide (Free)
* Adult-Discovered Autism Group (inside community)
* Course: Discovering You’re Autistic As an Adult
* Autism in Women - information and research.
* Free Autism Quiz
* Autism Podcast Episodes
* Research: HSPs & Autism Similarities & Differences ...
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» Sensitive Empowerment Community - Includes the Adult-Discovered Autistic Group
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Image at top is from post Autism and Loneliness: The Cost of Being the ‘Quiet, Good Student’ by Lara Rodwell.
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