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Should I see a therapist/psychiatrist/psychologist?

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I thought I would ask for your opinion, I've been thinking about ever since my diagnosis 2 months ago. My assessor said I should if I want too but the problem I have is, I don't know I want/need to.

I think I feel relatively good at the moment since my diagnosis, because of my diagnosis, it answered a lot of questions I had about my self which I'm happy about and the forum has been good for me I like talking to you guy and even if I don't post or reply I like reading because it's nice to read other people talking about things I think about and just reading that people have the same experiences as me.

However, I've been going back and forth in my head that it might be good to able to speak to some who is a professional and works with people on the spectrum just so I can speak face to face to a human that understands and that can help me when I do encounter my issues. I admit that right now my overall mental state is stable because I've been very much removed from society for the last year because of lockdown but I worry about when I go back to work especially when I'm in the process of looking for work and having to put up with all those recruitment people (no offence intended if anyone here is a recruiter, I worked as in recruitment for 3 years so I know what you're all like).

So to clarify my question more, Do you guys think it would be good to see someone now or shall I just wait until something happens?

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  • It's hard to say what's right for others...

    I do have a private counsellor, who is very good. Whilst I wait for an assessment he's treating "as if" and that's great. In the past I've had counsellors through work OH, who are all very sweet, but I got nothing out of it. I think because no one knew ASD could be in the picture. The NHS for too many reasons only ever made matters worse.

    Whatever you decide, whenever you decide, I think my one recommendation would be find someone who is themselves autistic, or who has good experience with it. They will need to work with your neurology, not against it. I seem to be finding that to be the key, anyway.

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  • It's hard to say what's right for others...

    I do have a private counsellor, who is very good. Whilst I wait for an assessment he's treating "as if" and that's great. In the past I've had counsellors through work OH, who are all very sweet, but I got nothing out of it. I think because no one knew ASD could be in the picture. The NHS for too many reasons only ever made matters worse.

    Whatever you decide, whenever you decide, I think my one recommendation would be find someone who is themselves autistic, or who has good experience with it. They will need to work with your neurology, not against it. I seem to be finding that to be the key, anyway.

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