i got my diagnosis!
hello all! for years i’ve known that there was something different about me — and when I’d expressed this I’d be told everyone felt different, everyone struggled to connect with peers, everyone this, everyone that. for years, I figured it must be in my head. perhaps all my elders were right and I’d been indoctrinated by the internet, because of course autistic people can only act like Sheldon Cooper, right?
anyway, here I am. psychologist didn’t even sugar coat it, she was like, “yeah, you’ve probably been masking your whole life”, and while my world feels flipped upside down as I explain this to family who either expected it or are completely shocked, I feel so happy that this is sooner in my life (i’m still a teen) as opposed to later.
yay to getting diagnosed!
hello all! for years i’ve known that there was something different about me — and when I’d expressed this I’d be told everyone felt different, everyone struggled to connect with peers, everyone this, everyone that. for years, I figured it must be in my head. perhaps all my elders were right and I’d been indoctrinated by the internet, because of course autistic people can only act like Sheldon Cooper, right?
anyway, here I am. psychologist didn’t even sugar coat it, she was like, “yeah, you’ve probably been masking your whole life”, and while my world feels flipped upside down as I explain this to family who either expected it or are completely shocked, I feel so happy that this is sooner in my life (i’m still a teen) as opposed to later.
yay to getting diagnosed!