Published on 12, July, 2020
Thought I'd say hello.
I'm in my late 40s, self-diagnosed after assessments and research and now waiting for an NHS assessment. In the past I've been diagnosed by professionals as bipolar following meltdowns (I'm not), as well a anxiety and depression (I have neither), before finally realising that people were clearly missing a rather large ASD elephant sitting in the corner of the room waggling his trunk and flapping his ears for attention.
I live in a tiny village (sometimes called a hamlet) in Cornwall with my wife and dog, work from home, love nature and I'm a bit of a history obsessive. Very introverted. I'm not a complete social cripple but I find being with people completely exhausting, likewise noise and bustle. I love living in the country.
So that's me.
HI Mart - welcome!
I think that its not that uncommon for us to be misdiagnosed with anxiety, depression and a whole raft of other things.Do they (the medical profession) really understand the mental health side of things? I'm not convinced.
Likewise, I did self assessments and plenty of research in the many months prior to my diagnosis, yet it still really hit me when it was confirmed that I am autistic. By all means continue your research, in fact I encourage you to do so, but I would be wary of thinking that you are prepared for that day.
I'd love to live in a village or somewhere out of town.Where I live at the moment (and for the majority of my life) used to be a lovely traditional market town. That was before massive population increase, ridiculous levels of building new estates, lack of investment in infrastructure and service to support the growth.I guess that's pretty much most towns in England described down to tee!
Despite my ever growing dislike of where I live and the [frequent] discussions my wife and I have about moving away to somewhere quieter, my autistic trait of not liking change kicks in!