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How did you all feel when you were first diagnosed?

Autismman

I’ve been recently diagnosed and have been thinking about it non stop ever since. I’m a 37 year old male and only really came to the conclusion I was probably autistic after I suddenly felt I couldn’t pretend to cope any longer and got quite unwell. I don’t want to feel like some imposter but I can’t help but feel like I wish I ticked all the boxes more accurately. I’ve come across this imposter syndrome as it’s referred to a lot online and it makes sense but I can’t just accept that as it is and move on…it doesn’t bring me much comfort. I was diagnosed with ASD level 1 so perhaps this diagnosis affects my ability to see things clearly anyway or as they are meant to be seen? I don’t know. Just wondering how others felt after they were diagnosed? Was it a huge weight off of the shoulders or did it only raise more questions? Any similar experiences would be great to hear.

Parents

  • I was only diagnosed yesterday, so it’s all still quite surreal. One minute I’m happy and ten minutes later I’m near to crying. I still don’t quite believe I’m autistic.

    I don’t think I hate myself so much anymore, I’m not faulty or broken. I think we get told repeatedly that we need to try harder, we all have a certain amount of energy, sometimes we are using a lot of it to just survive. There often isn’t much left to do the other things that are expected of us, this for me is true in work and home life.

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  • I was only diagnosed yesterday, so it’s all still quite surreal. One minute I’m happy and ten minutes later I’m near to crying. I still don’t quite believe I’m autistic.

    I don’t think I hate myself so much anymore, I’m not faulty or broken. I think we get told repeatedly that we need to try harder, we all have a certain amount of energy, sometimes we are using a lot of it to just survive. There often isn’t much left to do the other things that are expected of us, this for me is true in work and home life.

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