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Low mood after diagnosis

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Hi All,

I've just posted a few hours ago but have one more thing to ask others. Following my recent diagnosis of Autism I initially felt elated and vindicated. It was as good a piece of news I think I had ever had as it made so much of my life make sense.

However more and more it feels hopeless, like it means nothing. I have dyslexia too and I feel I'm just collecting definitions. I have understanding now but does that matter?

I don't feel shame or stigma at all, the most positive feeling I have is renewed pride in being very different and a determination not to hide anymore, I just wondered if anyone else felt very low in the weeks following diagnosis?

Cheers.

Parents

  • It's a two edged sword. 

    OT1H, you get to understand why some things are really hard for us, or impossible, and can make allowances for your self and even get others to also.

    OTOH, you realise pretty quick that nothing is going to change, there is no help, you come here and see a reflection of yourself as others see you, and in the main it's a bit pathetic.

    And it robs you of your equality in the eyes of others. Before diagnosis I was seen as a bit eccentric but capable by my peers. When you tell people you are Autistic, they don't congratulate you on your achievements despite it, it just confirms what they always suspected , you really aren't one of them or of much use.. 

    I now want to relocate to somewhere where no one knows me and relaunch my life as just me, not Autistic me, and use the insights that I have to avoid the more obvious pitfalls, but keep the nature of my condition to myself.

    I wish to god I'd kept my trap shut about it.

    And not spent three years on here, soaking up the ambience...

  • in reply to I Sperg

    Oof... That OTOH is definitely bleak as said. I mean, I can relate but also ouch. 

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