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I have just had a diagnosis and feel quite confused

Sam B

Hello

I feel guilty writing this as the posts I have seen relate to parents very concerned about children and by comparison my worries are very small.  I feel a bit lost though with a recent diagnosis.  I have seen a psychiatrist for some time and have a diagnosis of a psychiatirc disorder.  The time before last I saw my psychiatrist he said I am also on the autistic spectrum.  I saw him again last week and argued with him about it but he pointed out my difficuties with relationships, black/white thinking, dislike of change, poor eye contact etc.  I am now thinking maybe he is right. Outwardly my life is successful - I have a good job etc - but it is a huge struggle.  I am finding it very hard to  get my head round this though and feel like I have become a lesser person or inferior.  It seems to be a label which is all negative and which you can't recover from.  Like I say, I appreciate my problems are very mild but I would love to hear from someone in a similar position.  Now he has said it about me I can see it in one of my children and my grandfather.  Thank you

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  • For some reason, most of the time I have two or three things going on in my mind. When I was little, I used to say it was like my brain was divided, one half was the clever writing answering questions part, and I would nearly always 'live' in the fantasy dreamland half where I'm thinking about all the things from TV shows or having my own little adventures. I don't even really dream anymore, I just elaborate on tv shows or movies I've watched, like creating another series and such as opposed to the chaos that many others describe as their dreams.

    Thinking back, my ability to multi-task in my mind is probably the only reason I did well in school, one exam I swore I fell asleep only to 'wake up' and realise I'd written about two paragraphs of the best writing ever. I have no idea how it works really, just that it did.

    The dictaphone sounds like a great idea to me. Lately my handwriting's been getting even worse in note form so I've been considering getting one for Uni. It would let him get something off his mind without worrying that he won't remember it. Alternatively, maybe you could look into this Dragon programme I've heard about, apparently, you speak into a microphone on the computer and the computer converts the words into text, allowing you to 'write' the story just by speaking it.

    Thanks and good luck :)

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  • For some reason, most of the time I have two or three things going on in my mind. When I was little, I used to say it was like my brain was divided, one half was the clever writing answering questions part, and I would nearly always 'live' in the fantasy dreamland half where I'm thinking about all the things from TV shows or having my own little adventures. I don't even really dream anymore, I just elaborate on tv shows or movies I've watched, like creating another series and such as opposed to the chaos that many others describe as their dreams.

    Thinking back, my ability to multi-task in my mind is probably the only reason I did well in school, one exam I swore I fell asleep only to 'wake up' and realise I'd written about two paragraphs of the best writing ever. I have no idea how it works really, just that it did.

    The dictaphone sounds like a great idea to me. Lately my handwriting's been getting even worse in note form so I've been considering getting one for Uni. It would let him get something off his mind without worrying that he won't remember it. Alternatively, maybe you could look into this Dragon programme I've heard about, apparently, you speak into a microphone on the computer and the computer converts the words into text, allowing you to 'write' the story just by speaking it.

    Thanks and good luck :)

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