for me, honestly, one of the things getting diagnosed did for me was make me feel less alone

when I was a child, and all these things were going on with me, I used to think at the end of the day, well, I must be the only person in the world with this stuff going on, and honestly it was a really lonely feeling

trying to explain things to people and they were like what?. I don't get it

when I got a diagnoses, at least I had something. an explanation for my behaviour, more understanding, I'd even go as far to say that some people respected me more because I was able to explain myself and what was going on, rather than just, " I don't know."

their's plenty of bad things about it- the stigma for one, the fact that in my case I'll never be able to work, the hospital visits, the fact I dropped out of school, but I think I'd rather live with one than without.

it's helped me understand me better and know where I'm at

without it, (and all these things going on), I'm not sure I'd be able to cope