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Processing diagnosis

LegoBear

Hi, I have just had my diagnosis and have shared it with a few people in my life. It has all been positive but I am struggling to process it and make sense of it. I am finding myself incredibly tearful. Any tips on moving forwards?

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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