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So.....received my Aspergers diagnosis today

Felix1974

Hi All,

Further to my posts introducing myself last week, I received a diagnosis for Aspergers today. 

Can't say that this is the biggest surprise in the world . 

In a way I'm relieved. I know now that I'm not just odd and I can start to research the condition further and build on the coping strategies that I have used for decades .

This should help me with all areas of my life , family , work , hopefully social .

Not sure what else to say right now, just processing the day's events.

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  • Thanks for that reply Peachi and I don't see it as waffle. 

    I have lost count of the number of times that I've been told here to shorten my written communication. I have never complied though, I'm not entirely sure how to do "concise"without leaving out large pieces of crucial data.

    They are used to me now I suppose.

    Your point relating to empathy is a good one and this is something I have wrestled with mentally my whole life. Unlike you, I haven't even reached the stage where I think I am a bad person for not empathising with people more substantively.

    I think that I've probably just assumed that not being particularly interested in others activities or problems was how everyone felt. 

    It's been more difficult since I became management, around 15 years ago. Having to deal with staff issues, both work and personal, I find totally baffling.

    I don't know if you experienced this but I still feel slightly fraudulent? I think from discussing with my psychiatrist that I have Asperger's , almost without doubt but when I see and listen to others, I kind of think, wow they are far more affected than me. Maybe he got it wrong? 

    However, I think this is because the way I've constructed my coping mechanisms , they're designed to allow me to interact in the world as "normally" as possible and it's easy to kid myself that they are based in intuition, when I know they are not deep down.

    Funnily enough, yesterday at work was atrocious, I don't know if the previous day's events were just on my mind but it was like they were storing uncomfortbale things for me, which were all dumped on me simultaneously.

    Feel a little more positive this morning though. Weekend nearly here.

    Thanks for taking the time to come back to me

    F.

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  • Thanks for that reply Peachi and I don't see it as waffle. 

    I have lost count of the number of times that I've been told here to shorten my written communication. I have never complied though, I'm not entirely sure how to do "concise"without leaving out large pieces of crucial data.

    They are used to me now I suppose.

    Your point relating to empathy is a good one and this is something I have wrestled with mentally my whole life. Unlike you, I haven't even reached the stage where I think I am a bad person for not empathising with people more substantively.

    I think that I've probably just assumed that not being particularly interested in others activities or problems was how everyone felt. 

    It's been more difficult since I became management, around 15 years ago. Having to deal with staff issues, both work and personal, I find totally baffling.

    I don't know if you experienced this but I still feel slightly fraudulent? I think from discussing with my psychiatrist that I have Asperger's , almost without doubt but when I see and listen to others, I kind of think, wow they are far more affected than me. Maybe he got it wrong? 

    However, I think this is because the way I've constructed my coping mechanisms , they're designed to allow me to interact in the world as "normally" as possible and it's easy to kid myself that they are based in intuition, when I know they are not deep down.

    Funnily enough, yesterday at work was atrocious, I don't know if the previous day's events were just on my mind but it was like they were storing uncomfortbale things for me, which were all dumped on me simultaneously.

    Feel a little more positive this morning though. Weekend nearly here.

    Thanks for taking the time to come back to me

    F.

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