Published on 12, July, 2020
I know this is a big question.
I also realise that it may depend on what stage in life you received your diagnosis and how much it affects your day to day living.
I've read quite a few times on the forum about people who were happy to receive a diagnosis but then later found themselves quite profoundly affected by it, in some ways 'negatively'.
I find that I think about little else now, that I mention it a lot to people, that the knowledge is affecting what I do.
This is a situation I'm not sure I'm happy about.
I think I'd like to start to be less introspective, to look outwards again.
Autism is not everything we are.
Or because it is so essentially us, is it really everything we are?
I thought I'd bring this back up again as it's been touched upon in another thread.
Thanks for resurrecting this thread.
I don't know how I feel about it. Does it define me? Probably, yes.
Am I happy about it? Tricky question. I need to think about it. Doh. My poor head gets no rest.
Do you feel any differently 10 months on from your initial post debs?