Interested to hear how late diagnosis changed or affected your life.
I posted a similar post a few months ago right after I got my diagnosis. Several people shared good insights which I greatly appreciate.
I’m posting again asking for some inputs from you guys.
To give you a little bit of background, I suspected I was autistic thru therapy a few years ago and I have been adjusting my life based on that assumption.
So it was very surprising to experience the psychological impact the diagnosis has had on me because I thought I already knew what I was getting into. I am still processing the diagnosis.
After the last post, I tried group therapy, peer support groups for autistic people, and a few therapy sessions along with researching as much as I could about the late diagnosis.
Personally, the most profound thing that’s happened psychologically is the reluctant acceptance of the aloneness.
More broadly speaking this diagnosis has given the firm validation that I’m not a fit for typical social settings including where talking is the main form of connection.
There’s a list of things I realized, observed and acted upon. But the main things are the desire for reciprocal relationships and lack of it and realizing that even with a lot of social events out there almost all of it won’t fit me.
I guess what I want to hear is how have any of you restructured your life after the diagnosis. It doesn’t have to be about relationships.
Thanks for reading.