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Ann2017

Hi!

I need some guidance as I haven't been diagnosed with ASD but I don't think I would want that due to the fact that I am a professional individual. I am a general nurse waiting to be registered.

I am frightened of the possibility of having a diagnose but I cannot deal with my difficulties anymore because it affects me more now and I am at the point of not being able to hide it anymore.

My difficulties that I have been able to figure out with the help of books and online researching are related to my inability of social imagination and more of the inability of making chit-chat conversation affecting my place in a team.

My last work meeting/appraisal has left me very affected because I was classed as being assertive and left with the impression that this is not the place to be or that I am wrong.

Please if there are any nurses in my situation could you kindly advise me or anyone, I feel so scared and I can't handle this anymore.

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  • Thank you very much for your comment Trainspotter. I have probably begun to be impatient and probably I was overwhelmed by the situation. I do tend to keep my mind in order by doing tasks as per protocol and when others are cutting corners, especially in care field, I may say something more straight forward and people are interpreting that as too direct, or perhaps offensive and that is when I find myself lost as I don't know if I should apologise for not smoothing my words: because I have tried the smooth talking and failed gracefully, I just cannot do small talk. I am good at answering a direct/ clear question/topic/argument but if someone will just talk to me a meaningless conversation I get very distracted and impatient waiting for them to get to a point.

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  • Thank you very much for your comment Trainspotter. I have probably begun to be impatient and probably I was overwhelmed by the situation. I do tend to keep my mind in order by doing tasks as per protocol and when others are cutting corners, especially in care field, I may say something more straight forward and people are interpreting that as too direct, or perhaps offensive and that is when I find myself lost as I don't know if I should apologise for not smoothing my words: because I have tried the smooth talking and failed gracefully, I just cannot do small talk. I am good at answering a direct/ clear question/topic/argument but if someone will just talk to me a meaningless conversation I get very distracted and impatient waiting for them to get to a point.

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