@lanodan @sun @lunarised
Ever since I found a group of healthy autists about 3 years ago, both my social life and mental health started to improve immensely. The depression is almost gone, and the exiety is getting smaller every single day. I was even able to withstand one insanely stressful situation with next to no long-term trauma, even though it's the kind of event that is known to be enough to force people to suicide.
But... I am still 25 years behind. The only way to secribe this kind of deficit is to compare it to a situation I heard of from a nerve damage patient. He said something to the effect: "I am healing. At this rate, I could walk again in 40 years. So, by that time, I will be....120 years old"
It is just the kind of lasting deficit that life just won't be long enough to heal.