I was always so tired after work. It wasn't until I was 40 I knew it was autism

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Carrie Kearns always knew she was different. From personal friendships to colleagues, the mum-of-two struggled to fit in throughout her life and considered herself a loner.

But that all changed earlier this year when she received a life-changing diagnosis of autism. Now the 40-year-old, from Bolton , has revealed how ”relieved” she felt following the discovery – and the difficulties she has faced along the way. “Ever since I was a child, I noticed I was different,” she told the Manchester Evening News. “I didn’t seem to be able to fit in with other children my age and I was always a bit of a loner playing out on my own; I was more interested in nature and playing with plants and bugs than the games my friends were playing. READ MORE: Disgusting pervert who has changed their name to Rachel jailed “I was bullied a lot because I came across as weird.

I never seemed to get them, the games they played or the way they spoke. There were a lot of misunderstandings because I would take things too deeply and miss the point. “The way I would dress wasn’t in line with the fashion at the time and I wasn’t dressing the same as other people.

As I got older, I found work was difficult because I would get in trouble for speaking my mind. I was quite passionate and it would come out as me being aggressive. “I was so tired when I got back home from work.