i was diagnosed with asd last year. my report recently came through and i cannot stop reading it, which is causing me a lot of anxiety. it is very deficit based, which i understand is necessary due to the need to evidence the criteria for diagnosis - but i’m having difficulty not internalising it.
i’m also currently training to be a therapist and i am very stuck in a mindset of, now someone has concretely said that i find things difficult or display certain behaviours, that this is going to make me a ‘bad therapist’ by neurotypical standards etc.
i was wondering if anybody had any advice or guidance on how to get out of this thought pattern?
