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Does an official diagnosis help

GreenGardener

Hi. I have been seeing a therapist for about two and a half years now. We have recently been talking about my possible autism. My therapist has said that although she can't diagnose me, my charatiristics/ things that I struggled with would probably be categorised as autism. I have done research myself  and through speaking with family members, think I am autistic.

Is going through with a proper diagnosis worth the appointment s and stress? I am conflicted, some family members are encouraging me to peruse it, others think it's enough that I know myself and can get help in other ways. 

Did getting a official autism diagnosis help other people?

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  • I think it depends.  I work so I didn't feel I could ask for adjustments without a diagnosis (although I could have done).  It isn't a silver bullet though and you will still find that you need to advocate for yourself a lot as many people don't understand what it means, or what it means for you.  However, it did help me in terms of validation as others have said and helped get rid of some of the imposter syndrome.

  • in reply to Joe

    Yeah I have seen a lot of people saying the validation was so important for them. 

    I do feel I having been looking for that in therapy and haven't fully found it. 

    Thanks for replying. 

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