Published on 12, July, 2020
I will keep this brief but I was diagnosed as not autistic. Here’s why....
good eye contact despite struggling (can only keep eye contact in one eye)
good childhood apparently, loved school....had friends. perfectly normal apparently according to my mum (I wasn’t)
I don’t flap my hands or dance in circles. I do other stuff
i didn’t notice pictures that were not straight in room
didnt talk excessively about special interests (I don’t want to bore people)
can communicate well, when people are asking my questions
I had friends but can’t maintain them now don’t want any.
can play football
despite struggling with a raft of problems since I can remember. I was just told......your not autistic. Goodbye
i very well may not be autistic but......I feel they were looking for an extreme case. I hide my stuff well and had to too survive.
I just feel like I’ve been given no help and just basically told, yeah....you’re just not very good at stuff and maybe it’s trauma? I felt different since a kid and this was brushed off. Rant over.
anyone else had something similar?
You need a second opinion.
They look at those things but so many autistic people are capable of them, and mostly a lot of it is to do with masking.
I can do a lot of that as well, the price I pay later is extreme fatigue and discomfort, but it doesn't make me any less autistic.
Don't let this deter you. Go for a second opinion.
Good luck.
Hufflepuff said:I can do a lot of that as well, the price I pay later is extreme fatigue and discomfort, but it doesn't make me any less autistic.
Bingo.
I will do and thanks. Comments have helped me massively.