I have long suspected that I am autistic and recently did the thing of going 'all-in' studying my difficulties and all the potential causes and I identified my two issues.
It turns out that doing a deep dive on a lifetime of emotional trauma is not as much fun as it sounds.... And I felt it would be good to get some help 'from the experts' on my two issues to help me sort through things and develop better strategies for dealing with people.
contacted the local iapt service, described the issues and what I needed. Was told they would direct me to relevant autism support services and counseling services.
I received an email which was little more than a bunch of links. all but one of the autism links were for children with autism or family support or simply broken links ... there may be one contact that could be of some use, and that was just a pdf of local services.
Regarding the counseling links ... none were anything to do with my issue.
Fortunately I am ok-ish working through my issues myself, ... but if this is the level of 'care' shown by NHS mental health services ... how many people who contact them are made to feel even more desperate / abandoned / alone by the response.
I'm inclined to not even give feedback as to do so would invite retaliation, as anyone this sh1t at their job will need to hide their incompetence / callous disregard somehow.
