I posted this on the Couch thread that exploded (was closed) yesterday. Thought I would put it here.

I guess I'm looking for support, posters who might have had similar experiences...maybe?

Therapy Saturday: I told T I know we need to do a consult with another T and some testing...but I asked her to tell me the absolute truth- even if it was something I didn't want to hear. She said she would.

I asked her if she now thinks I'm on the autism spectrum. She said yes.
She explained why she thinks that but I kind of faded out.
Originally, she said I had CPTSD. Now, she thinks I'm on the high functioning autism spectrum and also have CPTSD.
I asked her a bunch of questions...could this just be old age? Have I just regressed? Etc.

I'm 60 years old. I've seen umpteen therapists. This is the first time anyone has told me something like that. I don't know how to feel..relief to finally have a working explaination, I guess. And sad. And I'm glad to have a new understanding of why things happened the way they did.

I'm not exactly surprised but it does feel a little unreal to hear T say it.

I know I need to consult with a specialist in this area to know for sure..and there's testing to be done....so it might be something else.

My daughter has ADHD and my grandson has ADHD and is high functioning autistic. I guess it makes sense.

Mods, I know I can post on the autism board but i would prefer this post to stay here. Ty.