Published on 12, July, 2020
Reading through it was really nice but also a super sad. I have really dramatic mixed feelings about it.
Like all my history was there, it was all put into words with correct terminology, it was all put in order so it wasn't all a jumbled mess like it is in my head. It was great! I felt very understood and it was an awesome experience over all. Everything makes sense and I don't feel like there was one comment out of place.
But... it also reads like a big list of everything thats wrong with me. Everything seems so... undesirable and shitty and theres just so muuuuuch trrraaauma. It sort of makes the thought of ever having a job that I can actually handle and thrive in or friend group or even a relationship etc just seem so unreachable and unachievable for me. Its kind of a huge downer as well as being happy that I have an answer now and an understanding finally to my identity.
I honestly keep in mind constantly to just be kind to myself. Negative thoughts use to swamp me and drag me down to the point of years of continuous episodes of major depression bordering psychosis. But I have since learned a lot of healthy coping mechanisms and have had them in practice for a good while now. And I like to think that I have gotten pretty good at it.
I am trying to focus on the positives and being kind to myself but I dunno.... this is some really complicated stuff because its very identity heavy, and thats something I have always alllways struggled with.
How did you feel reading your assessment report? Did you struggle with mixed feelings that were polar opposite? How did you cope? Did it get better?
i couldn't read mine, i skimmed over it and read the main points then put it away. Mine ended in a diagnosis
Did yours conclude in a diagnosis ? or is this the initial assessment
BTW Good to hear from you again
Yes I have a formal diagnosis
can i ask what it is, or are u keeping that to yourself for a while ?
lol
My wrists are already tattooed haha
yes i had a very mixed response
of YES ! i know what the issue is
and
OMG will I loose my job ? do i tell anyone ? I shouldn't be around people ? How do I fix this ? Do I tell my mum ? If i had known earlier i wouldn't have lost some good jobs.
it takes months to deal with it but overall it is better to know than not.
think of it as the start of the new mk2 version of Emmy
get a autism "puzzle piece" on your wrist
I am happy but theres this underlying feeling of negativity that I can feel pulling at my trouser cuffs, so to speak.
I funnily enough have some tattoo appointments booked in for march next year haha. (Just in general, not because of the assessment)
I kinda just dont know what to do with myself really. Haha. Trying to keep chipper and see this as a good and positive thing but I'm not gonna lie to myself, theres a niggling feeling in me that this is awful lol
yea i know, u do sound happy.
I have known people to get tattoos when they are diagnosed . I changed my forename.