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A question for those diagnosed as adults

professorwhat

I don't yet have a diagnosis, positive or negative, but I'm finding lately that I'm very selfconscious about things that I do and tendencies that I have that possibly reflect Asperger's. It's not that I wasn't aware of them before, but I just brushed them aside as quirks. I know that nothing has changed, but for some reason, they feel different now that I have a suspicion, and honestly, at times it kind of upsets me.

For those of you who were diagnosed as adults, did you have any feelings like that, and if so, how did you deal with them?

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  • For me (diagnosed about 4 years ago), while I am sometimes self-conscious, I find that it's outweighed by the 'ah' moments ('ah, that's why I responded in that way to that siyuation' etc) and a general sense of being able to connect the dots a lot more. I'm certainly more aware of my traits, behaviours, triggers etc

    But it took me time to get to that state. Becoming aware / being diagnosed is a positive but also a bit of a goodbye (at least in part) to masking and/or working hard to 'fit in and that can be a process for some which is almost akin to grief.

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  • For me (diagnosed about 4 years ago), while I am sometimes self-conscious, I find that it's outweighed by the 'ah' moments ('ah, that's why I responded in that way to that siyuation' etc) and a general sense of being able to connect the dots a lot more. I'm certainly more aware of my traits, behaviours, triggers etc

    But it took me time to get to that state. Becoming aware / being diagnosed is a positive but also a bit of a goodbye (at least in part) to masking and/or working hard to 'fit in and that can be a process for some which is almost akin to grief.

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