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Assessment date finally.

Orangegnome

I have my assessment date in June. I have waited a long time for this, but now I have the date I feel very nervous. The big one is what if I’m not autistic and I have wasted everyone’s time? 
it was pointed out to me a long time ago by my therapist that I have many neurodivergent qualities. I score highly in every test on Embrace Autism, but a small part of me feels like an imposter because I CAN be sociable, I CAN be loud. 
I am not sure the point of this post but wanted to come and let people know I have a date! 

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  • Good luck, just try to stay calm and look after yourself as that feeling really grows when it gets close, and I think it common for a lot of us! I think I had a bit of a panic attack just before mine -I was overthinking it and realised my heartbeat was pretty fast, so I had to do something to distract myself instead.

    Just keep reminding yourself about why you are doing it, it helps to ground you back to your own reality as it gets easy to minimise your struggles.

    I wish you well for it!


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  • Good luck, just try to stay calm and look after yourself as that feeling really grows when it gets close, and I think it common for a lot of us! I think I had a bit of a panic attack just before mine -I was overthinking it and realised my heartbeat was pretty fast, so I had to do something to distract myself instead.

    Just keep reminding yourself about why you are doing it, it helps to ground you back to your own reality as it gets easy to minimise your struggles.

    I wish you well for it!


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