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Post-diagnosis mindset

alushjoyhand

Hello,

I received my diagnosis three weeks ago, aged 42.

The initial rush of identification arose and made me feel incredible. This subsided and I am now reflecting on the elements of how I function that I resent for their inefficiency.

For example, periods of relentless bleakness in the darker months of the year, disbelief in my ability to meaningfully connect to others, loss of humour and warmth, fixation on highly morbid topics and self-destructive information.

I presume this is both logical and valid, as I recompute all the assumptions about my understanding of myself and my relationship to the world that had been in place for many years. In short, I am scared and sad.

For other diagnosed adults, what was your experience? Have I missed an established thread to which I should instead refer? Is this the best place for such a question?

Advice welcome. Slight smile

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  • Welcome to the community.

    Please take comfort in that you are OK and I interpret that you are reassuringly human in your range of reactions (post-later diagnosis).

    You won't need to take my word for it; as the below articles help to explain:

    www.autism.org.uk/.../diagnosis

    Also, I am pretty confident; other community members will, before long, add their voices in a similar manner too.

    If you use the search bar within the community; you can explore key threads which match the range of things on your mind - top tip: page down through the initial search results to the bottom of the page and on the right hand side: select "advanced" where you can sort (e.g. by "recent") and other filters too.

    (No question is ever "silly' here).

    We are tolerant here of a cathartic "rant" too!

    Generally speaking; "we get it" ...and if we are still puzzled: we are likely to be quite direct about seeking further clarification in our efforts to provide peer support to our fellow community members.

  • in reply to DormouseAtRest_25

    Thank you very much.

    If I were Lego, I'd put myself back together in a new configuration. I think it will take a few days.

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