But Everyone Feels This Way

How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

De: Paige Layle

Narrado por: Paige Layle

Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to diagnosis and living life autistically.

“For far too long, I was told I was just like everyone else. But knew it couldn’t be true. Living just seemed so much harder for me. This wasn’t okay. This wasn’t normal. This wasn’t functioning. And it certainly wasn’t fine.”

Paige Layle was normal. She lived in the countryside with her mom, dad, and brother Graham. She went to school, hung out with friends, and all the while everything seemed so much harder than it needed to be. A break in routine threw off the whole day. If her teacher couldn't answer “why” in class, she dissolved into tears, unable to articulate her own confusion or explain her lack of control.

But Paige was normal. She smiled in photos, picked her feet up when her mom needed to vacuum instead of fleeing the room, and earned high grades. She had friends and loved to perform in local theater productions. It wasn’t until a psychiatrist said she wasn’t doing okay, that anyone believed her.

In But Everyone Feels This Way, Paige Layle shares her story as an autistic woman diagnosed late. Armed with the phrase “Autism Spectrum Disorder” (ASD), Paige challenges stigmas, taboos, and stereotypes while learning how to live her authentic, autistic life.

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“Paige Layle’s book will be especially helpful to provide insight for women diagnosed with autism later in life.”—Dr. Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures and Visual Thinking

"Paige’s heartfelt and honest account illustrates why first-hand storytelling is important for diving into the deep minds of autistic people.”—Jory Fleming, author of How to Be Human: An Autistic Man’s Guide to Life

"We are in the middle of a moment of self-discovery and awakening for many Autistic adults, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds. Paige Layle's But Everyone Feels this Way is an important contribution to this movement, and in its pages, I am certain many Autistics in search of understanding and a place within our growing community will see themselves.”—Dr. Devon Price, author of Unmasking Autism and Unlearning Shame

Relatable

As a neurodivergent human this story of finding how to live as one was very relatable. It’s a hard life and figuring yourself out is so important. It definitely made me cry

Life changing and FINALLY SEEN😭🥹

I am not even finished with this book but I had to write a review. As a later diagnosed autistic young woman I feel so seen. I was diagnosed at that same age, age 15 as Paige was. I have never accepted it. It’s making me want to go back to DBT therapy and work through my issues. I am wanting to do advocacy now and even possibly get my degree in psychology. Her education through TikTok about how autism kids can get help to navigate their autism and how to navigate it as an adult. I was suicidal for majority of school and probably thought about it from a young age. This makes me want to face my childhood trauma and remember it again because I’ve blocked it out. There are things I’m ashamed of. But she has taught me not to be ashamed and to embrace it. I can truly relate to her experience and this is just the tip of the iceberg on my journey to truly healing my childhood trauma and navigating my autism. This book came at the right time as I had to leave college on medical leave postponing my first degree another year. As another ambitious person, I want to get 3 bachelors degrees. Plus masters and e phds. Sorry. In going on a tangent. She gives me hope. And I’m also an aspiring entrepreneur. This book is helpful to hear another’s experience. And when I get to it how to get through the autism.

Articulate and informative

The clear-eyed and self-reflective journey of a bright young woman fumbling her way through life as an autistic person undiagnosed until the age of 13. Candid and helpful for understanding the lived experience of an autistic person, especially the social isolation and existential torment of not feeling understood by anyone, not even one's closest family members.

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Thank you for a glimpse of your life and story, from an allistic trying to learn more about autism.

an awesome book!

an incredibly valuable book adding to awareness and advocacy for the ND community. this work will help save lives.

Honnest

I loved it very much.It is to the point, honest, informative, and sensitive. Thank you. Narration is great too.

Very helpful perspective about growing up uniquely

I’m a father and find this book very helpful at trying to understand how to be a better dad.

Open and honest about life as an autistic person. Hit home with a lot of my life

Nothing to dislike. It was well written, well read, and easy to listen to. Listen to it

I used to think my ham had hair in it.

Plucked then out throwing them on the floor. Thats crazy. Befriended one of the lunch room cleaners, when she seen me doing that.


Is definitely some point where I feel like more could've been done to wrap up the story and then Segway into the following story the book sort of follows a pattern of disconnectedness between the time jumps of one story to another from one time to the next. I feel like the author could've benefited by saying the story instead of writing it and then transferring it into words.

This is the only book I've completed went through, in years.





There were a lot of points I connected with and a lot that I did not. 80-20


I'm not making a real comment about the things that I'd like to say about things said in this book,

This book is one of my personal favorites on ASD, absolutely a must read!

Oh Paige, thank you SO much for writing this book on your life, trauma, and journey as an autistic individual both prior and post diagnosis. I resonate with a lot of your story and it made me feel more understood and not so alone. This perspective is so needed in the ASD community and for those that are neurotypical as well. I wish you the very best!