Hi all, I've read some posts on this forum about AS/ASD in which the spouses of those with AS/ASD say how they have struggled in one-sided relationships or difficult relationships with that sufferer for years, their frustrations, but now have a lot more understanding/patience with them since the thing that was wrong all along was diagnosed or delineated, or better yet "named/identified".

Thing is, I really feel guilty now for making all the people in my life suffer with me all this time. Now that I have a diagnosis, I feel bad for how people had to put up with me all this time. I am actually ashamed, now that I have read these testimonies from normal people who had to live with people like me.

I would just like someone's opinion on this. I have yet to tell others about my diagnosis. Should I go to them, tell them about my condition and apologize for things I didn't even realize I was causing? I mean the damage is done, would such an apology help?