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Some advice for a newly diagnosed adult

Ellie 567

Hi everyone 

I am 23 years old and was diagnosed with level 1 ASD a few months ago.

This is my first post on the forum, I have been looking through some old posts and found it reassuring to know that there are others out there in the same boat as me. I feel that I am over analysing everything I do and analyse whether what I do is part of my autism or just part of me, and trying to build my self esteem back as the diagnosis knocked me a bit. 

I was wondering if anyone else on here has some tips with how to deal with accepting their diagnosis, or if anyone felt the same as me when they were diagnosed? I would really appreciate some advice and would love for you to share your experiences as a newly diagnosed adult. I am looking forward to engaging with this online community and to share experiences with others.

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  • Hi :) I'm recently diagnosed and in middle-age. I have been asking myself the same question a lot. I tend to over-think most things, and this is no different! As well as wondering where my autism “stops” and what non-autistic traits I have (and I’m still understanding more of my behaviour is probably rooted in my autism whether directly or from various coping/masking tactics I’ve not-knowing adopted over the years), I’m now also recognising that my autism has probably given me strengths such as how quickly I can assimilate information if it’s about one of my special interests.

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  • Hi :) I'm recently diagnosed and in middle-age. I have been asking myself the same question a lot. I tend to over-think most things, and this is no different! As well as wondering where my autism “stops” and what non-autistic traits I have (and I’m still understanding more of my behaviour is probably rooted in my autism whether directly or from various coping/masking tactics I’ve not-knowing adopted over the years), I’m now also recognising that my autism has probably given me strengths such as how quickly I can assimilate information if it’s about one of my special interests.

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