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Newbie with lots of questions

GBEM

Hi all,

This is completely new to me so I'm sort of taking a leap of faith to speak to other like minded individuals and people with a little more insight than i have.

I am a 33 year old woman and for several years now, the idea of Aspergers has been at the back of my head.  Recently I have read some research about how Aspergers may present differently in women and girls and some of the hallmarks of girls with Aspergers just sound so, so familiar to me -it's incredible.  Even my partner has agreed that all these behaviours are me to a T.  Family have said to me I can't possibly be on the spectrum as I am 'normal', I drive a car, I have a job, I interact normally with others but this simply doesn't ring true -my whole life I have felt 'other' with no way to explain it and I am just worried if I broach my GP with these concerns, I'll be written off as a hypochondriac, or someone who has social anxiety.

Any pointers, or any comments would be most welcome.  Completely in the dark.

 

:)

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  • Hi newbie 

    I'm no expert, having only just found out recently that I'm an aspie as you'll see from my earlier post. 

    But I just wanted to reassure you that there's nothing wrong with you, you're a bit different from most other people you meet, but that's not a bad thing. It means youre an individual ane you'll have strengths that they don't have.  If managers in your workplace can't identify and enable you to use those strengths, it's their loss and their fault,  not yours. 

    As someone on this forum said to me when I joined, you're no different whether you get a "professional" diagnosis or not, you're still the same person you've always been.  Be kind to yourself, Pixie :)

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  • Hi newbie 

    I'm no expert, having only just found out recently that I'm an aspie as you'll see from my earlier post. 

    But I just wanted to reassure you that there's nothing wrong with you, you're a bit different from most other people you meet, but that's not a bad thing. It means youre an individual ane you'll have strengths that they don't have.  If managers in your workplace can't identify and enable you to use those strengths, it's their loss and their fault,  not yours. 

    As someone on this forum said to me when I joined, you're no different whether you get a "professional" diagnosis or not, you're still the same person you've always been.  Be kind to yourself, Pixie :)

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