I have to say though...not sure if its partly due to menopause too making me feel less like I have to constantly conform to 'being normal' and the space from the isolation to not have to mask to cope with social stuff I don't really want to go to - but I really feel like I've 'found myself'.

In the past I'd be so busy either at college or work and barely got any time to just feel like I was being me I was always trying to be 'a more normal/socially acceptable version' of how I really felt.

With no pressure to go anywhere other than walk the dog when its really quiet I've had loads of time to just 'be me'.


Only thing is I feel like a completely different person and don't want to return back to a life where I felt I constantly had to 'be someone else' to be accepted or fit in.