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Hi Chuck, I feel a diagnosis would be very beneficial to me. The need to know/understand is very important to me. To be honest, I feel like a non-diagnosis will devastate me. Everything seems like it is starting to make sense - not any easier or anything, just that it makes sense. If this isn't it - wtf?!
I find I am becoming very aware of my stims now and catch myself at them all the time - which is weird because I then immediately stop them. This morning on my walk to work I allowed myself to 'feel' them and they are quite comforting! I say 'feel' them becasue I was not aware of them before a couple of days ago - even though when I learned the term - I could immediately list them. Bizarre huh?!
I am very aware of noise and light at the moment - sitting in a crowded place the sounds of talking etc are quite all encompassing aren't they? I can see why I stim. This is the part I worry about really - am I noticing sounds now becuase I know that is a part of it and I want to be diagnosed, or, because now I understand more, I can realise that sounds overwhelm me becasue they do, it's just I have just never realised what was wrong? Chicken and egg!
Onward and upward. What stage of the diagnosis are you at?
S'good to talk innit. 
Hi Chuck, I feel a diagnosis would be very beneficial to me. The need to know/understand is very important to me. To be honest, I feel like a non-diagnosis will devastate me. Everything seems like it is starting to make sense - not any easier or anything, just that it makes sense. If this isn't it - wtf?!
I find I am becoming very aware of my stims now and catch myself at them all the time - which is weird because I then immediately stop them. This morning on my walk to work I allowed myself to 'feel' them and they are quite comforting! I say 'feel' them becasue I was not aware of them before a couple of days ago - even though when I learned the term - I could immediately list them. Bizarre huh?!
I am very aware of noise and light at the moment - sitting in a crowded place the sounds of talking etc are quite all encompassing aren't they? I can see why I stim. This is the part I worry about really - am I noticing sounds now becuase I know that is a part of it and I want to be diagnosed, or, because now I understand more, I can realise that sounds overwhelm me becasue they do, it's just I have just never realised what was wrong? Chicken and egg!
Onward and upward. What stage of the diagnosis are you at?
S'good to talk innit.
