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The most excited I've ever been

I'm done with Christmas Cards
over 4 years ago

Just musing on this (fairly short) list, all to do with anticipating (i.e. the few weeks before):

  • As a teenager, getting my first 125cc motorbike to replace my 50cc one
  • Xmas as a child when I knew I was getting electronic components or radio equipment
  • Getting my first digital watch when I was 9, and ringing "8081" to set the time to the nearest second!
  • Coming home from school to my *stereo FM* radio alarm clock
  • Starting grammar school (it wasn't really, but used to be and pretended it still was)
  • Maths lessons and physics lessons at school - especially doubles periods!
  • My car license test as a teenager
  • My degree results as a young adult
  • Moving house in my 20s & 30s
  • My motorbike test as an adult
  • Buying motorbike related stuff
  • Buying radio equipment
  • Buying camera equipment
  • My clinical interview for ASD in Feb 2019
  • My ADOS test in a couple of weeks' time
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  • over 4 years ago in reply to Deleted user

    For me it would be such a sigh of relief to have it confirmed that the struggles I've had in life, very often feeling forced into doing stuff I really don't want to do but everyone else seems to love, causing me to feel guilty and suffer with self esteem, have an explanation grounded in medical science.

    ADOS is the final step in the diagnosis process that started almost two years ago, and I'm excited that this is coming to an end. Of course I might get a negative diagnosis, but at least that's something to work with that I can then decide what to do about.