Hi,
I am new here.
I am self diagnosed and wondered if I should get an official diagnosis. One reason I am apprehensive is because I self consciously masked my potential autism up until a few years ago, (I am 34) when I discovered I may be autistic, now I consciously hide my traits. I feel like my family will feel like I have lied to them as I have never expressed any of my troubles. Like for example I suffered with selective mutism at secondary school, my family never found out, this is the first time I have ever mentioned it. At primary school I suffered with severe anxiety which my teachers picked up on and called my mother in to talk about it, they asked for permission to get me statemented but my mum said no because I seemed fine at home, my mum wasn’t even sure what statement meant? Neither do I? Does anyone else know? Did they pick up on my autism? I was always branded as a shy girl who just kept herself to her self, and I think that’s why I slipped under the net. I have never really had any true friends and find socialising incredibly hard. I think the positive of getting a diagnosis is that it would help me at work, people will understand me better and I’m hoping they could put things in place for me so I don’t struggle as much.
Any help would be much appreciated
