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Newly diagnosed adult female Newcastle 38 years old

piggy77

Hello, 

I was diagnosed yesterday. Today I have been thinking about things that have happened to me or that I have done in the new knowledge of my diagnosis. It's very odd. I was surprised to be diagnosed. I asked if I was borderline but they looked horrified and said that I was 100%, no doubt classic autism. 

I'd like to say hello to people on here. Hello.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    NAS18523 said:

    Is it possible to rethink yourself at 43?

    Yes, I think so. I got diagnosed at 56 and am busy working out what to do with my future. A big part of diagnosis is understanding what makes you tick and why we struggled to understand the world and why the world struggles to understand us. I have learnt masses of stuff since diagnosis and now understand things a whole lot better.

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    Former Member in reply to Former Member

    I'm curious. What would you regard as the most important things you have learnt since diagnosis?

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    1 - That I'm not 'broken', this is the way I am supposed to be.

    2 - That it's okay to be me.

    3 - That plenty of other people are like me!

    4 - That I don't have M.E / C.F.S. (that diagnosis never did feel right to me) but I do often get social exhaustion and become overloaded, and that's fine because I can now learn how to limit and / or deal with that.

    5 - That a diagnosis of HFA is synonymous with above average intelligence (smug smile). 

    6 - That I've still got a lot to learn about myself and autism. 

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    1 - That I'm not 'broken', this is the way I am supposed to be.

    2 - That it's okay to be me.

    3 - That plenty of other people are like me!

    4 - That I don't have M.E / C.F.S. (that diagnosis never did feel right to me) but I do often get social exhaustion and become overloaded, and that's fine because I can now learn how to limit and / or deal with that.

    5 - That a diagnosis of HFA is synonymous with above average intelligence (smug smile). 

    6 - That I've still got a lot to learn about myself and autism. 

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