Hello
i have just been diagnosed with high functioning ASD. I'm a female in my early thirties.
The diagnosis was initially a massive relief to me, but I am paranoid that if I have to tell anyone, they will think I am lying.
Nobody would think (apart from me and my mum) or has suggested that I might have Aspergers. However lots of people think I'm a bit odd. I told the people I live with and they are older (one works in mental health), and they quizzed me quite a bit and said 'yes, but lots of people feel like that'. And 'but you understand irony...?'
I was very anxious in the interview/assessment, and am now worried that maybe I was 'putting it on'. Maybe the assessment team got it wrong because I presented myselF differently than I do with other people. I was very honest in my answering of questions. But I was anxious and they ask questions that civilians don't ask. I'm worried maybe I'm a fraud.
Did anybody else have these feelings?
Thank you
