• Replies 7 replies
  • Subscribers 25 subscribers
  • Views 1555 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

After diagnosis - stage 1 worries

Apollo

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  

Parents
  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Apollo,

    One thing to think about is who do you think you have to tell? The more I live with it, the more I realise that it probably isn't most peoples business to know anything about it. Your doctor should know but not sure who else you think needs to know about it.

    As someone with the condition, I did feel the urge to tell all and sundry when I was diagnosed but most people don't know anything about it and won't know how to act appropriately. 

Reply
  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Apollo,

    One thing to think about is who do you think you have to tell? The more I live with it, the more I realise that it probably isn't most peoples business to know anything about it. Your doctor should know but not sure who else you think needs to know about it.

    As someone with the condition, I did feel the urge to tell all and sundry when I was diagnosed but most people don't know anything about it and won't know how to act appropriately. 

Children
No Data