Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello all,
I have been recently diagnosed after my assessment last week. I am 31 and always struggled my whole life and feel like I don’t fit in. It seemed certain I would get a diagnosis based on the difficulties I have and from my experiences of working with students with ASD; however even though this was expected I am still struggling with the diagnosis and getting upset, trying to accept it, push it away etc.
How long did it take you all to accept the diagnosis? I know it is a good thing in the sense that it gives me answers to my difficulties.
Nice to meet you all and it would be helpful to get to know some of you and get some advice on the difficulties I face as I feel very isolated with this currently.
Hi, hope you are doing well. I (23) only got diagnosed a few months back and I can tell you I'm not entirely all there yet. I've had quite a bit of difficulty in accepting it as part of my identity because I was diagnosed pretty late like you, and I think as such, you can begin to doubt it yourself. I often worry I am a fraud or maybe I've got it wrong. For myself, I have tried to throw myself into the community to better understand myself and others :) My point being, it can take a while but you should know you aren't alone in it being a lot to process, whatever your feeling towards it may be. I hope you can scope everything out and begin to feel more comfortable with it soon :)
Thank you. I am now back at work which is helping take my mind off things. I think it’s nice you got your diagnosis slightly earlier than me, but of course still recognise the difficulty. For years I have felt I don’t fit in, that something is wrong with me etc but now I am starting to see that actually, certain things now make sense. I hope everything works out soon. I am still waiting on my report to come back from my assessment so I am not sure on what to expect from that!