Post Diagnosis Blues

Sorry to hear you are down Kit, you bring a lot to the forum, and are one of the most genuine people I've had the pleasure to meet here.

I had fallout from diagnosis too. Started second guessing everything about myself. It's hard. I've said it before here but you can kind of lose yourself in it all. "Did X,Y,or Z happen because I'm autistic", "Do I appear as X, Y, or Z because I'm autistic" and the list goes on.

As far as I can say I just see you as a good person, strong, and considerate.

You are the same person you were before diagnosis. Don't let the vacuum of self-doubt, and second guessing your every move put you into a spiral. Second guessing the rest of the world can make you paranoid, and alienate you.

You know what works for you, and you are only just finding out how to improve the stuff that doesn't. Try not to create problems, just work on solutions.

I hope this is a blip for you.

Kitsune said:

I usually always try to keep positive and upbeat but I’m just feeling really overwhelmed by how socially naive my dual neurological diagnosis makes me. 

Yeah, you are upbeat and positive. That's a good thing. Just think that if you weren't you wouldn't have got through life up to this point. As for being naive I really don't see it, you are pretty savvy! You've given me solid advice before, lots.

A diagnosis is a head *** at stages, but it's just a piece of paper. It expliains a bit of stuff but doesn't change who we are deep down. A wise lady once told me after my diagnosis "I have autism, autism doesn't have me". That put things into perspective for me, things started to make sense when I applied it to myself.

Stay being you, the world is better for it.

Sorry to hear you are down Kit, you bring a lot to the forum, and are one of the most genuine people I've had the pleasure to meet here.

I had fallout from diagnosis too. Started second guessing everything about myself. It's hard. I've said it before here but you can kind of lose yourself in it all. "Did X,Y,or Z happen because I'm autistic", "Do I appear as X, Y, or Z because I'm autistic" and the list goes on.

As far as I can say I just see you as a good person, strong, and considerate.

You are the same person you were before diagnosis. Don't let the vacuum of self-doubt, and second guessing your every move put you into a spiral. Second guessing the rest of the world can make you paranoid, and alienate you.

You know what works for you, and you are only just finding out how to improve the stuff that doesn't. Try not to create problems, just work on solutions.

I hope this is a blip for you.

Kitsune said:

I usually always try to keep positive and upbeat but I’m just feeling really overwhelmed by how socially naive my dual neurological diagnosis makes me. 

Yeah, you are upbeat and positive. That's a good thing. Just think that if you weren't you wouldn't have got through life up to this point. As for being naive I really don't see it, you are pretty savvy! You've given me solid advice before, lots.

A diagnosis is a head *** at stages, but it's just a piece of paper. It expliains a bit of stuff but doesn't change who we are deep down. A wise lady once told me after my diagnosis "I have autism, autism doesn't have me". That put things into perspective for me, things started to make sense when I applied it to myself.

Stay being you, the world is better for it.

Thank you Cloudy Mountains :-) 

I try not to get into second guessing myself but occasionally it catches me!

I really value your insights into how things have affected you since diagnosis.

Thank you for being supportive.