Hi,
I'm a fifty odd year old chronic depressive, and I asked my doctor about my possibly having an underlying personality disorder.
She then suggested I could possibly be autistic, and she's going to refer me for assessment.
I've done a few online tests, and pondered about my life, and I think she might well be right.
It would be a relief to be diagnosed as it would explain my difficulties in life, and my mental health problems.
However, I had thought I was too empathic to have autism, and I've just scored very high on the Cambridge mind reading tests.
I don't think I had any problems with communication at school, though my few friends were my fellow nerds.
I wonder if I've spent my whole life compensating for a disorder I didn't know I had, and that this would lead to some oddities.
Maybe at my advanced age, I've got better at recognising emotions and expressions, than a younger person?
My brother, now dead was very odd indeed, as is my father, so there could easily be some genetics in the family.
Just a thought.
Cheers, Ted.
