Think I may have Aspergers, any benefit from being diagnosed

Hi,

I am 41 year old. Looking back at my life, I have to say that I had a lot of struggles. I am now married and got 3 kids and got a good job. However there are still many things that I am struggling with. A few years ago my wife jokingly said that I am very autistic. I have done a few of those online tests and I have scored always quite high but not high enough for them to say that I am actually autistic.

After having had a "few problems" over the last few days and feeling disconnected from the world and totally misunderstood I tried again to find out why I keep having these issues and why I feel the way I feel. I knew about Aspergers for quite a while but never actually looked at the symptoms before, but when I looked at them over the last couple of days I felt like someone has been watching me and written things down. I don't match all symptoms but the ones I feel like I am struggling with are on that list.

I am wondering if trying to get diagnosed would make any difference to me or my family. I can understand that with children it can make a difference especially in school etc but will it make any difference to an adult?

Thanks for any insight.

Brian

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