Processing diagnosis

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.

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.

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.