Processing diagnosis

35yr old bearded scaffolder here had a full on sob while watching bubbles on anime because the bubble girl popped  iv had my diagnoses and treatment for 47days now every day am noticing something different barely any negatives so far everything is just new experiences don't get me wrong if you look for the negative you will find them but even getting the diagnoses is a positive like putting your foot on the bottom rung of a ladder its all a step up 

You are very welcome. Be kind to yourself, allow yourself to feel whatever emotions you need to feel, this will help you process your autistic identity. The process of identifying as autistic is not linear, I hope you find the video useful and it explains what I am trying to convey.

Thank you everyone, it is reassuring to know that others found it a challenge to. Hopefully it will get easier with time. I'm hoping I can sleep soon... at the minute I eake up every few hours with a realisation or tearful.

Thank you for the link. I'll have q watch.

Hello, congratulations on your autistic discovery.

Take as much time as you need to process your diagnosis. At different times during the process of understanding you are autistic, you may feel a whole range of emotions. This is perfectly natural and totally valid as you understand your autistic identity and what this means for you as an individual. When you feel ready this video may help you:

https://youtu.be/oo34mppLMqE

It is understandable that you feel tearful, the process of identifying as autistic is life changing as you think about everything through a newly discovered autistic lens.

We are your autistic community and we are to support you on this forum.

I hope in time you feel confident and proud of your autistic identity.

Hi, a lot of the report highlights the negative things that effect you. Try to look at all the positives and things that you can do. If not had my diagnosis yet but each day everything becomes a little clearer as to why things happened during my life. It is a journey as Autimator says, things that I had buried in my subconscious come back to me and I’m able to understand them better. In a book I was reading last night the author had just had her diagnosis, she said that I finally realised that I wasn’t mad, bad or sad.

Hi.  From what people have written here and elsewhere online what happens post-diagnosis varies, but its generally a journey and not a sudden clicking-into-place thing.  What can happen is you start to accept yourself and your brain adjusts what you think/believe about yourself, and what may have happened in your life - things can bubble up and be released, that could be feelings, but you may also have memories come back to you which might have been difficult/confusing then but now you might see differently.  You may also have vivid dreams that do the same.  Autistic enlightenment.  

Just flow with it, not sure you can speed it up or change how it goes, best not to really - but try and observe things without judgement, or feeling too affected.  I've had many memories come to me that have really helped, settled things.  A better sense of myself (and people).  Autistic people can have a 'Weak sense of self' and that is something to read about after diagnosis, it can explain things in your past, and knowing about it can help you in the present/future.