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Not able to get diagnosed/not taken seriously as a woman

octymph

Hi everyone,

I'm a current college student and I realised I had autism about a year ago and that's when everything suddenly seems to make sense. 

I'm not the type of person to convince myself on unnecessary things (which probably is an autistic trait as well) but no one around me seems to believe me on anything I said that's meant to be serious. 

And when I was finally brave enough to try to get a diagnosis, the [removed by mod] therapist basically read out the dsm-5 to me and told me I don't have autism because I don't "check the boxes". Did anyone else experience this?

To be frank with you I am so worried about getting comments that still doesn't believe me as I'm writing this down. 

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  • I think you're right to trust what you feel. That "everything suddenly makes sense" moment - it's not just some random epiphany. It happens when the puzzle finally clicks, and yes it can feel lonely when no one else sees it yet.

    The therapist thing... ugh. Sounds like they were doing checklist bingo instead of actually listening. And people doubting you? That's their blind spot, not your problem.

    You're not "convincing yourself" of anything - you're just finally naming what you've always carried. And if the world hasn't caught up, that's fine. You don't need their permission to know yourself.

     

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  • I think you're right to trust what you feel. That "everything suddenly makes sense" moment - it's not just some random epiphany. It happens when the puzzle finally clicks, and yes it can feel lonely when no one else sees it yet.

    The therapist thing... ugh. Sounds like they were doing checklist bingo instead of actually listening. And people doubting you? That's their blind spot, not your problem.

    You're not "convincing yourself" of anything - you're just finally naming what you've always carried. And if the world hasn't caught up, that's fine. You don't need their permission to know yourself.

     

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