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Therapy / Support options if you get a diagnosis?

Shadweller

Please can anyone advise if there is any benefit of getting a diagnosis in terms of the therapeutic support you would be eligible for with a diagnosis?

I mean things like support groups, or 1 to 1 therapies of any type etc?

Is it possible to access these same things anyway even without a diagnosis?

I feel quite certain that I am on the spectrum, absolutely everything now makes sense, and all of my difficulties can now finally be explained in a way that makes sense to me. So I don't feel that I need the diagnosis for any external validation or corroboration. What I could benefit from is support from people that understand, so I am trying to weigh up whether is whether it is worth putting myself through the diagnosis process, which I'm thinking will potentially be stressful and anxiety provoking, and a bit of an emotional roller coaster all round.

Has anyone been through, or is going through the process with similar kinds of thoughts?

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  • in reply to ☕Tassimo ☕

    Thanks for the reply and your link to your relevant new thread. Yes, being able to access any post diagnosis mental health support is definitely and by far the main motivation for me to be considering this whole process. If it is possible to access the same support with only a self diagnosis required, then I would not want to put myself through the process, which I suspect that I will find quite an ordeal and a drain on my emotions and energy.

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