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NAS75543
over 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure I have ASD as I just scored  40/50 on the online AQ test, and  when that Australian vlogger called Paul lists "15 signs that you may be autistic", I can tick 14 of them.

The realisation is so far liberating; now I know why I have been in and out of treatment for depression for most of my adult life. It seems that the overevolved, hyperintelligent apes with whom I share a planet can be hard work sometimes, and the realisation that I am one of them doesn't help!

But I think I can accept having ASD. The questions I have so far are:

1) should I bother with a formal, medical diagnosis?. Dammit, I know I'm weird; what good does it do to give it a name?
2) If it is a "spectrum" then isn't everybody on it somewhere? The better question would be are you at the red end or the blue end?

Looking forward to conversing with people who might understand, and who can forgive my occasional sarcasm (eg about overevolved apes) because their own coping mechanisms involve a sense of humour that neurotypicals describe as "weird"...

Keith

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  • over 2 years ago

    I have a constant fear of hubby dying before I do and I wanted a formal diagnosis in case I needed assistance if that happens.  I think it's a personal choice, but many feel relieved or validated after obtaining a formal diagnosis.  I had many, many dark days as an undiagnosed adolescent because I never "fit in" anywhere and was "weird" or "odd."

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  • over 2 years ago

    I have a constant fear of hubby dying before I do and I wanted a formal diagnosis in case I needed assistance if that happens.  I think it's a personal choice, but many feel relieved or validated after obtaining a formal diagnosis.  I had many, many dark days as an undiagnosed adolescent because I never "fit in" anywhere and was "weird" or "odd."

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