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Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
A few hours ago I officially got a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. I just got home.

I was told it's definitive and I wouldn't have received the diagnosis unless they were absolutely certain that I'm autistic, and it's not going to be like what happened to me when I got misdiagnosed with bipolar, I have this for life and there's a lot of understanding about it, I'll be getting support and I can breathe a big sigh of relief.

I don't know what else to say really. For whoever likes me or is interested or wants to know on AF, any friends I have here, here's the info. I got a big bunch of personalized paperwork including my personal details, that goes into detail about the areas in which autism affects me specifically, and I got a bunch of phone numbers about local autism services and a list of books about more info on it and stuff.... I was intendeding to go into more detail about it but I feel rather overwhelmed because there's still lots of stuff I need to read up on. Some of the ways I struggle make sense of things I'd never even thought about, and it's like the professionals are aware of aspects that I'm not even aware of in myself. I was told that over 50% of people with autism also have an underlying mental health condition, and they noticed that I come across as very emotionally disconnected when I talk about childhood trauma involving my dad, and I'd never even thought about that before and now that I think about it maybe that explains why I sometimes find myself crying when I talk about it but I don't feel sad and I ask myself why I'm crying because it's in the past and my eyes may water but I really don't feel sad about it. I was told that autism already makes me disconnected from my emotions, or disassociated to be more specific, but childhood trauma may have exacerbated it further.

So, I was here expecting I might get this certificate that said I have autism and I'd get support and that would be that. But the amount of information I have been given is both extremely relieving and reassuring and also a little overwhelming.

Above all I'm extremely relieved to finally understand why I've struggled my whole life so much socially, pragmatically and emotionally.... and why I feel like I need to spend so much time alone.

I was told that I'm right to not push myself to do things before I feel ready. As doing so may indeed cause me to have meltdowns like I have had in the past... and it's not good for me.

But I have also been given a bunch of different information about support I can get when I feel ready. And I feel encouraged to go ahead and get what I can. Plus there's local autism groups and I can meet other autistic people.... and hey, I might actually make some friends in real life!.... before going back home and hiding in my room again a few hours later hehe.

That's it I guess. I've probably rambled too much already. I'm sorry if this is all TL;DR.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 4:30 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Losty - March 22, 2018 at 4:36 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 22, 2018 at 5:03 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 5:08 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Foxaèr - March 22, 2018 at 5:06 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by The Grand Nudger - March 22, 2018 at 5:11 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 5:32 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Mermaid - March 22, 2018 at 5:32 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 6:12 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 22, 2018 at 6:41 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by The Grand Nudger - March 22, 2018 at 5:44 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 9:53 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by The Industrial Atheist - March 23, 2018 at 8:12 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by ignoramus - March 22, 2018 at 6:24 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by J a c k - March 22, 2018 at 6:32 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 7:06 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by mlmooney89 - March 22, 2018 at 6:41 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by c172 - March 22, 2018 at 6:47 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 7:29 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 22, 2018 at 8:11 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 8:22 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by henryp - March 22, 2018 at 7:25 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 22, 2018 at 8:25 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 8:32 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 22, 2018 at 8:38 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 8:45 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by henryp - March 22, 2018 at 10:24 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Losty - March 22, 2018 at 10:27 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by henryp - March 22, 2018 at 10:57 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 23, 2018 at 9:31 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 22, 2018 at 8:39 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 22, 2018 at 8:46 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 9:31 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by The Industrial Atheist - March 22, 2018 at 9:37 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 22, 2018 at 11:15 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by vulcanlogician - March 23, 2018 at 12:03 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 26, 2018 at 2:42 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 26, 2018 at 2:48 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 26, 2018 at 4:08 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Minimalist - March 26, 2018 at 3:05 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 26, 2018 at 3:42 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 26, 2018 at 8:16 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by J a c k - March 27, 2018 at 2:04 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Grandizer - March 27, 2018 at 7:35 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 26, 2018 at 6:14 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Whateverist - March 26, 2018 at 6:37 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 26, 2018 at 7:12 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 26, 2018 at 11:41 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 9:16 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Little lunch - March 27, 2018 at 10:09 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Shell B - March 27, 2018 at 10:19 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Aegon - March 27, 2018 at 10:20 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by mlmooney89 - March 27, 2018 at 10:28 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Shell B - March 27, 2018 at 10:36 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 12:27 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by henryp - March 27, 2018 at 10:38 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 27, 2018 at 11:08 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 11:21 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Shell B - March 27, 2018 at 11:14 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by mlmooney89 - March 27, 2018 at 11:22 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 11:26 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Minimalist - March 27, 2018 at 1:32 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 27, 2018 at 1:50 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 1:53 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Shell B - March 27, 2018 at 3:14 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 3:18 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by ignoramus - March 28, 2018 at 2:36 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 1:44 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 27, 2018 at 1:58 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Minimalist - March 27, 2018 at 3:10 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 27, 2018 at 3:11 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Minimalist - March 27, 2018 at 3:15 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by downbeatplumb - March 27, 2018 at 3:42 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 5:45 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by WinterHold - March 27, 2018 at 6:14 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 6:19 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by mlmooney89 - March 27, 2018 at 6:27 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 27, 2018 at 7:28 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 7:36 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Shell B - March 27, 2018 at 8:22 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Foxaèr - March 27, 2018 at 8:59 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by robvalue - April 18, 2018 at 1:22 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - May 11, 2018 at 8:11 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - May 11, 2018 at 3:29 pm



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