Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi. I'm a 39 year old female, married with 3 children and a professional job. With the increased awareness generally of autism, a couple of people pointed out to me that I may be on the spectrum. When reading about it, everything made sense and I'm feeling pretty annoyed no one noticed it during my childhood as it was tough!
I'm getting on OK now but have some mental health problems and obviously don't deal well with social situations.
I'm wondering if there's any point in going for a diagnosis now and if that would really make any difference to my life.
Absolutely none
Disagree, it's helped me pick up on a couple of things I never knew about myself such as face blindness.
Think I've got that. Would certainly explain why I often say to people in meetings "hi. I don't think we've met before".... I don't do that anymore as I've realised that it's just me that needs to get to know someone before I remember their face. It's embarrassing as it comes off as very rude
To be fair, actors are becoming more and more alike Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard or Michael Sheen and Andy Serkis.
ha yes I have that problem too - I am never quite sure whether the same person is in two scenes or whether they have introduced a new character! It can be embarassing, mainly because people get offended if you don't recognise them. I think they think it's because they left no impression on you, when in fact it's just because they look like everybody else to you!
Or not being able to follow the plot in a film because all the characters look the same. :-(