Published on 12, July, 2020
I was diagnosed last night and I feel relieved but also very overwhelmed.
I cannot help but feel a little like an imposter, has anybody else felt in a similar position?
Hi Lianna, I was diagnosed this morning and before my appointment I was thinking, I’m not autistic and even on the therapist saying, I am 100% autistic, it still didn’t hit me and I also have the imposter syndrome going on, I’ve told one person today and I don’t want to tell anyone else for fear they will call me out and say I’m not autistic and the stigma of having autism
When I told my classmates that I'm autistic earlier in the year, one of them (who is in my art class) kept bugging me and saying "But how are you autistic?" and I kept saying "I don't know, I just am, how are you neurotypical?" If people won't accept you for who you are then maybe you don't want those people. But that is way easier said than done.
Thank you for replying!
I am sorry you don't feel like you can tell anyone. However, I know exactly how you feel.
Some people I have told have agreed and are happy for me, others are not taking the news so well.
Yep I think we've all had that and many of us still do.