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I feel this. I’m pretty 50/50. Im eager to get to the bottom of this. To get confirmation. However there are days When I’m like “ wait no i dont want that to be written in stone on my record”.... i know I’m “different “ . But there’s something bittersweet about getting that diagnosis when you finally do find someone willing to hear you out:/... ( imo) |
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I didn't realize I was Autistic until I was 13. It explained why I did certain things like hide in corners, being scared of certain things even if it was mostly harmless and why I was placed in special ed classes from pre K to 7th grade. Middle school was horrible. My early high school years were bad too. Sometimes I wish I went to a special school so I wouldn't have been teased for being in special ed classes or for being awkward. But, my mom was stubborn and wanted me to be "normal."
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#23
Both me and my sister think our family is teeming with people on the scale. An uncle is most certainly autistic and our father beeps, so did their father. I've taken the autism quiz at PsychCentral and so has my sister and we rank "possibly." If we are, it will explain a lot of things we both have struggled with throughout our lives. I'm sure my sister is on the scale, not so sure about me. Anyway, I think people on the scale can be pretty cool.
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#24
I have an ‘official’ diagnosis, from when I was 17. Some things fit, or used to, but I’ve always kind of questioned it, so I’m thinking of getting a new and more specialised assessment from either a trauma or autism expert (someone who knows about both would be even better, but I’m not sure I’d be able to find such an expert... I want to go that direction because some PTSD symptoms overlap with autism symptoms and I’d have a better chance at getting a more accurate result, I think).
I’d accept it if it still came back as me being on the spectrum, though. Every self test I’ve taken indicates at least a moderate possibility (including the one I took with my counsellor who was starting to query it. It was her suggestion lol!) |
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