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Just diagnosed

Mindreadingmum

Hi, my daughter is 11 and received her diagnosis yesterday. 

I have a question for any others who are diagnosed (self or official)  

if there was one thing someone could have told you when you were diagnosed what would it had been?

is there anything you wish you had known? 

thank you

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  • I wsih they'd have told me that I would be left in the lurch, alone, going through hardest ever change - mind and body - in my life, with no help or support or be able to talk to with someone who truly understands ASD. And that it would take years maybe decades to come to terms with it. 

    I regret getting diagnosed now - although there is no  doubt I am seriously autisti, I was way happier masking to myself for 45 years. Getting diagnosed is like a HUGE gaslighting exercise. Totally changing your reality in a bad way. Its utterly pointless. Like Brexit - shooting yourself in the foot.

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  • I wsih they'd have told me that I would be left in the lurch, alone, going through hardest ever change - mind and body - in my life, with no help or support or be able to talk to with someone who truly understands ASD. And that it would take years maybe decades to come to terms with it. 

    I regret getting diagnosed now - although there is no  doubt I am seriously autisti, I was way happier masking to myself for 45 years. Getting diagnosed is like a HUGE gaslighting exercise. Totally changing your reality in a bad way. Its utterly pointless. Like Brexit - shooting yourself in the foot.

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