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How did you cope with your diagnosis?

Jessica

Hello,

Another post I have just read inspired me to start a discussion about this. 

I've recently been diagnosed ASD. I thought I would be absolutely ecstatic with the diagnosis, finally having answers and reassurance. Actually, I have reacted the complete opposite! I feel it has consumed me, and it's all I think about. 

I want to know how other people have coped with their diagnosis, whatever it may be, and however long ago it may have been. Also, if you didn't cope well with it, how did you eventually start to feel better about it? I'm not sure whether to reach out to my boss and ask for some more regular coaching from a trusted colleague who I already go to for coaching once every 5-6 weeks for 1 hour. Does anyone think this may be a good idea? 

I feel this is a trusted space, and can't believe I've actually posted this and broke through a small barrier of my social anxiety! 

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  • I'm two years from diagnosis (today, actually) and I think I still haven't completely come to terms with it. I accept that I am autistic, I am glad I finally got an explanation for a lot of things in my life that made me feel weird and inadequate, but I still struggle with what it means for me and my life. I can't really say that I see it as "a difference, not a disability" as many people here say. I do feel disabled, at least in some ways, and I don't feel I have any of the "autistic superpowers" that some people describe. I want to see it as a difference, but I'm not there (yet?). I'm hoping things might get better in coming months as I get married, move out of my parents' home and life with my wife (my fiancee is a lot more compatible with my autistic needs than my parents) and perhaps I'll be able to improve things job-wise too, but at the moment autism still feels something I struggle with a lot of the time.

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  • I'm two years from diagnosis (today, actually) and I think I still haven't completely come to terms with it. I accept that I am autistic, I am glad I finally got an explanation for a lot of things in my life that made me feel weird and inadequate, but I still struggle with what it means for me and my life. I can't really say that I see it as "a difference, not a disability" as many people here say. I do feel disabled, at least in some ways, and I don't feel I have any of the "autistic superpowers" that some people describe. I want to see it as a difference, but I'm not there (yet?). I'm hoping things might get better in coming months as I get married, move out of my parents' home and life with my wife (my fiancee is a lot more compatible with my autistic needs than my parents) and perhaps I'll be able to improve things job-wise too, but at the moment autism still feels something I struggle with a lot of the time.

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