I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder av Sarah Kurchak

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<p><b>An autistic writer¿s memoir of the detrimental effects of pretending to be normal, and her impassioned call to redefine what is considered a successful life.</b></p><p>Sarah Kurchak is autistic. She hasn¿t let that get in the way of pursuing her dream to become a writer, or to find love, but she <i>has</i> let it get in the way of being in the same room with someone chewing food loudly, and of cleaning her bathroom sink. In <i>I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder</i>, Kurchak examines the Byzantine steps she took to become ¿an autistic success story,¿ how the process almost ruined her life and how she is now trying to recover.</p><p>Growing up undiagnosed in small-town Ontario in the eighties and nineties, Kurchak realized early that she was somehow different from her peers. She discovered an effective strategy to fend off bullying: she consciously altered nearly everything about herself¿from her personality to her body language. She forced herself t