Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi I have just been diagnosed at 19 with autism and I have never felt such relief but I feel the reactions I have got from other people have confused me. My parents seemed to just say ‘oh okay’ and that was it no real conversation and then my mom spoke about how oh she could be autistic and so and so could be autistic which just felt quite invalidating. I felt so much relief finding out and felt very open about it but now I feel stupid. Has anyone got any advice or tips for post diagnosis thank you.
I was diagnosed at 14. I will tell you now, you will have a rough life ahead of you...But on the other hand, things will be very dark and depressing, but if you look at it like this, there's nothing you can do to avert your fate, but the silver lining is, you're young so the monumental significance of all this will take a while to seep in, but at the same time, the pain to come now might be averted, through a numbing process and delayed trauma processing, a selfdefence mechanism of the ego; 'this sense of relief you have'. Have a nice day, I much advice, but i don't think you would be ready for it. We all have to go through tribulations, but with this condition, every day is a struggle.