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Big day

Jd

After a torrid year and much upset had a call today from healios and it is official now. Diagnosed autistic this afternoon. Heads all over the place with many thoughts but am relieved I can now explain a large chunk of my life. 

Parents

  • Hi, I don't know whether congratulations are in order, so I will say... 

    Salutations to you. I hope the closure feels comforting. 

    Your head will probably whirl around and you might even ask yourself if you exaggerated on purpose to get a diagnosis. But for me this feeling settled down in 3-4 months.

    I found myself grieving for the identity I didn't have in my life up to diagnosis. Joining in here is useful to give an outlet to it all. 

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  • Hi, I don't know whether congratulations are in order, so I will say... 

    Salutations to you. I hope the closure feels comforting. 

    Your head will probably whirl around and you might even ask yourself if you exaggerated on purpose to get a diagnosis. But for me this feeling settled down in 3-4 months.

    I found myself grieving for the identity I didn't have in my life up to diagnosis. Joining in here is useful to give an outlet to it all. 

Children
  • in reply to Contrapuntal

    Hi. If anything I held back a bit or so I thought .. they picked up on so much. Things i didn’t realise I was doing. 
    The only thing whirring around at the mo is will I be treated differently now. I feel more relaxed bout my past as it explains a few events in my life previous that seemed odd at the time.