Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, I'm Kodey. I am a 23yr old from South England.
I have signed up here as I am fairly certain I am autistic and I am looking for some support with it. I have done a lot of reading on autism and other things that may present similarly so I am fairly certain that I am autistic. At the moment though, I don't see enough advantages to a diagnosis to weigh out the disadvantages I see with it.
I have been struggling a lot recently with work due to stress and anxiety. No-one there knows the issues I am facing and so I mask all day.
Hi Kodey
I feel like I’m in a similar situation. Although I’ve made it to 40 now without diagnosis I’ve always been certain that I have ASD. My mum also agrees and says it wasn’t a common thing to do back then unless you presented extremely high functioning issues.
I’m lucky that I work in a small group of people that have gotten to know me and my ways and except me. Though this took until I was 35. I like you always struggled with stress and anxiety at work. I don’t know your work situation but I know I feel much better being myself at work now I’m more open to my team.
I have always been afraid to go to GP, I don’t think I really know why.
Fraiselongue, what is the adult assessment process like? I know with my son they observed in school and home, spoke to teachers and family. But what if your an adult?
Hi Princess, thanks for the reply. I've not tried talking to my parents about it. They have a small understanding of autism from being scout leaders to autistic children but all there experiences have been with very severe autism in boys, as opposed to high functioning autism. I think they will deny that I have ASD because of that.
I work in tech. It has been pretty busy recently but I am part of a fairly small team who I am starting to get to know better now that I have been there for almost a year. I still struggle a lot talking to a few of them though. I am fairly certain one of the others on the team is autistic too but he doesn't really mask it much like I do.