Published on 12, July, 2020
My last post today. I'm sorry for so much posting activity lately.
It's been mentioned by a gp and a therapist that I may be on the spectrum. I was all for diagnosis but was told no service in my area.now there is but even the questions to find out if I'm viable for assessment were too much for me. Their so open to many possible answers. I came out overwhelmed.
For the first time in my life I feel like theres other people like me (this forum) I'm not just odd. I'm not an alien or been adopted. I cried when I realised im pretty sure im on the spectrum.
Now the thing is in my head im sure I have aspergers but also worry that im a fraud as I dont have a bit of paper to say so. Can I say I have aspergers if I dont get diagnosis? I dont think I could cope with the diagnosis. I struggled getting my son through his
Hi there. I've been recently diagnosed myself, and even though I now have it on paper that I'm ASD I still feel like a fraud. I suppose this is the reason they call it a spectrum, it affects different people in different ways and to varying degrees.
The initial information gathering part was the hardest for me. Being a quiet, private person, I did find it hard to talk about things that I normally keep hidden, even from myself. The assessment was not easy either mind you, I felt quite self conscious and awkward at several of the tasks they set for me, I had to kept reminding myself that this was probably the point, to see how you react in situations that take you out of your comfort zone rather than to ridicule or belittle.