Might As Well Not Talk

What stage are you at in the diagnosis process? I've been on the waiting list for 10 months now - it feels like forever. 

It sounds like you're being way too hard on yourself. Don't get me wrong, I often cringe at things I've said and I always over-analyse conversations I've had, but these things feel much worse in our heads than they do to other people. I'll go away from a conversation and spend ages thinking of all the things I should/shouldn't have said, but the other person/people involved probably never give it a second thought.

We all deserve to talk and be listened to. The people who care about you will overlook the socially awkward quirks; try not to concern yourself with people who are too narrow-minded to understand.

What stage are you at in the diagnosis process? I've been on the waiting list for 10 months now - it feels like forever. 

It sounds like you're being way too hard on yourself. Don't get me wrong, I often cringe at things I've said and I always over-analyse conversations I've had, but these things feel much worse in our heads than they do to other people. I'll go away from a conversation and spend ages thinking of all the things I should/shouldn't have said, but the other person/people involved probably never give it a second thought.

We all deserve to talk and be listened to. The people who care about you will overlook the socially awkward quirks; try not to concern yourself with people who are too narrow-minded to understand.

I'm six months into a fifteen month waiting list. That said, I'm seeing a psychiatrist for my MH and he says he can unofficially, informally diagnose me. I see him next in October, so hopefully I'll get a diagnosis of sorts then.

Thank you for this - it's all encouraging, good stuff!