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Appointment with my local Mental Health Team

Undiagnosed4321

I got a letter through with an appointment to see my local mental health team at the end of February. I haven't been given anything to fill out for depression or anxiety so they can decide if Im worth treating. I actually have an appointment with a clinical psychologist.

Im mostly sure from what was said at my GP's appointment, that this isn't going to be for Autism or anything, this is just going to be an initial chat and examine some things - social anxiety, aspergers maybe, any one of the number of different options.

I've been trying to discuss with people around me some of the things that affect me, and frustratingly, many turn around and say, oh, that's normal - many people are like that.

Really? So normal people bite their nails, pick their nose and eat it, pluck their hair, walk round the block twice because they don't have confidence to go into a venue, find it hard to ask questions, find it difficult in a group, find it difficult to approach people, don't have a girlfriend, still live with parents? That's about 1/100th of everything I've got written down elsewhere. Im not getting into the contents of that.

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    It's perhaps unwise to use metaphors like Garden Paths with people who may be autistic! His difficulty with it is perhaps yet another grain of evidence on the scales. @CC, I totally agree with your last post but we can't force U4321 to get the point we can only do so much and then let him get on with. There is no point being angry.

    One of the problems here is that rigidity of thought (aka obstinacy) on U4321's part in sticking to his idea that it is essential to write everything out is colliding with the idea that you only need to show enough evidence to make the case. You need to understand the difference between an essay, which succinctly makes a point, and a complete autobiography. 

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    It's perhaps unwise to use metaphors like Garden Paths with people who may be autistic! His difficulty with it is perhaps yet another grain of evidence on the scales. @CC, I totally agree with your last post but we can't force U4321 to get the point we can only do so much and then let him get on with. There is no point being angry.

    One of the problems here is that rigidity of thought (aka obstinacy) on U4321's part in sticking to his idea that it is essential to write everything out is colliding with the idea that you only need to show enough evidence to make the case. You need to understand the difference between an essay, which succinctly makes a point, and a complete autobiography. 

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