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My mental health eventually declined so much from stress that I started feeling like I was on autopilot all the time. I daydreamed frequently, zoned out during lectures, and lost track of time. I couldn't concentrate and started forgetting things. For example, I'd often enter a room and forget why I was there and what I was doing.
-I think I only realized how negatively public school had affected me after I dropped out of university for unrelated reasons. In hindsight, I never should've been in the regular public school system. There are other reasons besides autism that I wasn't a good fit for public school, but autism was a major factor. Unfortunately nobody knew I was autistic, so I was put through the system anyways like a square peg in a round hole.
+I think I only realized how negatively public school had affected me after I dropped out of university for unrelated reasons. In hindsight, I never should've been in the regular public school system. There are other reasons besides autism that I wasn't a good fit for public school, but autism was a major factor. Unfortunately nobody knew I was autistic, so I was put through the system anyway like a square peg in a round hole.
## The Importance of Diagnosis
It's very common for people like myself with low-to-moderate support needs autism not to get diagnosed until very late in life when the damage has already been done. I've struggled to keep a job and support myself. I've stumbled my way through every relationship and social interaction. Education took a huge toll on my mental health as I sleepwalked through it. I had no idea why life was so hard for me. Other people just blamed me for it, saying I "wasn't trying hard enough", whatever that means.