Help and advice for sub threshold diagnosis

Hi Elliot

Is this after a proper diagnosis or are you just being fobbed off by a gp?

Proper diagnosis assessment, seen a psychologist 3 times, twice on my own, once with my Mum. Was told this morning and haven't been able to do anything else all day other then think and research everything

then I'm really sorry to hear that.   It's very difficult for you if you're marginal - a foot in both camps but not quite in either.

The diagnostic report of autism is mostly of use if you are looking to claim benefits but a self-declaration should still help you succeed.    

Where do you find you have the most problems?     If you're self-aware and have taken steps to reduce the impact on your life, the only thing I can really offer is being a sounding board for your life-concerns via this forum.

I have been doing a lot of.geocaching to make up for.it but it still doesn't  compare! Maybe I'll feel better once I can get back to training properly 

I'm lucky with my job I can access therapy so I think I will ask for it 

Yeah - lockdown stopped everything.     I would suggest looking for more of your old hobbies so you have different things to talk about - also, life experience gives you more things to chat about.     If your friends are into the same things as you, they will be as chatty as you.

as a child I collected Beanie babies, i didnt play with them though i just put them in lines/orders and if any one touched them I would be livid! 

Now I play roller derby and I pretty much just talk about it non-stop whether people want to listen or not.. i stop myself because I know other people find it very boring.  there is a big community of diverse people, but since lockdown everything stopped and I lost pretty much my whole life and got very depressed as I couldnt go to training or games etc anymore. 

as a child I collected Beanie babies, i didnt play with them though i just put them in lines/orders and if any one touched them I would be livid! 

Now I play roller derby and I pretty much just talk about it non-stop whether people want to listen or not.. i stop myself because I know other people find it very boring.  there is a big community of diverse people, but since lockdown everything stopped and I lost pretty much my whole life and got very depressed as I couldnt go to training or games etc anymore. 

I have been doing a lot of.geocaching to make up for.it but it still doesn't  compare! Maybe I'll feel better once I can get back to training properly 

Yeah - lockdown stopped everything.     I would suggest looking for more of your old hobbies so you have different things to talk about - also, life experience gives you more things to chat about.     If your friends are into the same things as you, they will be as chatty as you.