In Shock

[Pinkie B]

The good part about knowing about Aspergers/ASD is that I now have answers to a ton of questions that had plagued me all my life. I questioned everything because I couldn't figure out why I was smart and capable, yet insecure with geek habits and interests. Knowing doesn't change anything, except I now understand my intensities, my fears, my passions, my peculiar interests, and my unexplained success and failure in different parts of my world. The mysteries were over.

Thank you for sharing. This is totally where I am.

 

[Mia]

I've been officially diagnosed with ADHD and chronic anxiety and I somehow thought that it was me, that I just needed to "be better" or practice my relaxation or my time management techniques more and that somehow I'd become normal or something.

Continuously thought the same in my life, that somehow if I could simply stop being so 'high anxiety/energy' then my world would change. Welcome by the way. Eventually I accepted that I would never be like others, who seemed so calm and 'together'. Although with time that has changed somewhat.

Knowing and understanding, has provided some solace. And the ability to not blame myself for the way my brain functions. That brain has been immensely helpful in making my way in the world.