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Gettting a diagnosis

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Hi, I'm a 16 yr old girl and have been thinking for over a year that I might be autistic. I dont know whether I am faking and I dont want to take space in a community that is not mine to take. I relate heavily to a lot of the signs but I dont want to tell my parents or get a diagnosis in case I am not autistic and then it seems as though I want attention. Is there any advice anyone could give on what I should do? Thank you :) 

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  • I never ever thought I was autistic. It literally never entered my mind.  How I came to a diagnosis was my gf is , and I had serious problems in my life due to myself being autistic (unbeknownst to me) in an NT world and I thought well I'm pretty similar in personality and character to my gf so that might be whats causing all these problems. Got tested and thought nah it can't be and yes it was. Autistic people are not lists of traits in a psychology book they are representations of those traits (which are abstractions) in terms of their own lives each a unique case so they will assess you over multiple days about your own life and the problems you have. They will check and cross reference everything and there will likely be body language experts ( you will not be told this until after most likely) to make sure the diagnosis is correct. Its not something you want to have because this world is not built for us and it is a difficult life. There are also lots of commorbidities such as depression, anxiety, sensory issues etc and life expectancy is also alot shorter than the average, your bullied and abused more, less likely to be employed. Its tough. 

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  • I never ever thought I was autistic. It literally never entered my mind.  How I came to a diagnosis was my gf is , and I had serious problems in my life due to myself being autistic (unbeknownst to me) in an NT world and I thought well I'm pretty similar in personality and character to my gf so that might be whats causing all these problems. Got tested and thought nah it can't be and yes it was. Autistic people are not lists of traits in a psychology book they are representations of those traits (which are abstractions) in terms of their own lives each a unique case so they will assess you over multiple days about your own life and the problems you have. They will check and cross reference everything and there will likely be body language experts ( you will not be told this until after most likely) to make sure the diagnosis is correct. Its not something you want to have because this world is not built for us and it is a difficult life. There are also lots of commorbidities such as depression, anxiety, sensory issues etc and life expectancy is also alot shorter than the average, your bullied and abused more, less likely to be employed. Its tough. 

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