BBC<\/a> about struggling to maintain eye contact and her habit of touching her hair, both on and off the pitch, she continued, “People think ‘she’s always messing about’, but that’s just me calming myself down without even realising it.”<\/p>\nAnd on the subject of her later in life diagnosis, Lucy says it’s been helpful to learn more about herself. “Getting to sit down and actually speak through my traits and how it affects me, situations that make me feel good or bad, that was the thing that really clicked in my head and made me feel so much better.”<\/p>\n
She added, “Hugging people, making eye contact when you speak, those two things I had to learn because they’re seen as the norm, and I found them so difficult. I’ve got to a point now where people know I don’t like hugs, so they don’t judge me for not doing it. […] It’s important for everyone to understand the differences in people.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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