Quotes From "Twirling Naked In The Streets And No One Noticed: Growing Up With Undiagnosed Autism" By Jeannie DavideRivera

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I fear depression - intensely. It is by far the most painful ailment I have ever faced. It is the thing that slammed into me, ran me over repeatedly, and then kicked me in the head when I was down. I struggled for change, for understanding, to figure out what was "wrong" with me - no one knew. Or at least, they didn't guess correctly. Jeannie DavideRivera
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I used to feel special, different and wonderful when I was very young, before the world showed me that everything I thought, said, or did was wrong. I lived in the blissfulness of youth without knowing how the world would not except me. Jeannie DavideRivera