Spiritfilled
New Member
Hi!
I’ve only come to the realisation recently that I may be ASD. My 5 year old daughter was diagnosed privately recently, it took me a while to realise she was ASD tho because I had no idea what traits in women and girls look like. Like many, I continued to research and eventually the penny dropped that a lot of the traits apply to me too
I’ve got my assessment in 2 days! Going to the same psychologist who diagnosed my daughter because she’s very experienced with females on the spectrum, and she’s kind of familiar now so it’s not too scary. I’m freaking out quite a bit tho, mainly in case she doesn’t diagnose me and I’ve spent money on the assessment
I’m good socially, but it does drain me. However I know exactly what to say and do and how to do small talk etc so well that I had to really consider if I mask or not...I also like people a lot, but also like being alone. I’ve definitely got a lot of communication struggles in terms of things like taking people the wrong way, taking offence at things which may not have been intended, and generally coming across as “difficult” which makes me feel very misunderstood. I guess I’m still going back and forth with a few things and that’s why I need an actual assessment cos what if I’ve imagined it all because autism is currently all I can think about? AGGH.
Thanks for reading! I won’t go into all the other reasons I think I’m ASD cos I’ve written quite a lot already for an intro post!
I live in Ireland. Nice to be in this forum
I’ve only come to the realisation recently that I may be ASD. My 5 year old daughter was diagnosed privately recently, it took me a while to realise she was ASD tho because I had no idea what traits in women and girls look like. Like many, I continued to research and eventually the penny dropped that a lot of the traits apply to me too
I’ve got my assessment in 2 days! Going to the same psychologist who diagnosed my daughter because she’s very experienced with females on the spectrum, and she’s kind of familiar now so it’s not too scary. I’m freaking out quite a bit tho, mainly in case she doesn’t diagnose me and I’ve spent money on the assessment
I’m good socially, but it does drain me. However I know exactly what to say and do and how to do small talk etc so well that I had to really consider if I mask or not...I also like people a lot, but also like being alone. I’ve definitely got a lot of communication struggles in terms of things like taking people the wrong way, taking offence at things which may not have been intended, and generally coming across as “difficult” which makes me feel very misunderstood. I guess I’m still going back and forth with a few things and that’s why I need an actual assessment cos what if I’ve imagined it all because autism is currently all I can think about? AGGH.
Thanks for reading! I won’t go into all the other reasons I think I’m ASD cos I’ve written quite a lot already for an intro post!
I live in Ireland. Nice to be in this forum