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I am now rethinking my desire to get my autism officially diagnosed
I got officially diagnosed, but my Psychologist doesn’t report it anywhere or add it to any medical system. All I have to prove it is a ten page pdf of her diagnosis of me.
Is the diagnosis helpful to you at all, in any concrete ways?
It helps with my mental health and being able to manage my autism, because for 33 years I didn’t know I was autistic and I just hated myself.
I’m 110% certain I am, and it also helps me immensely to know that. I was just curious if any additional benefits came with the official diagnosis.
I’m sure there would be if I had the courage to tell my employer. Or maybe I could get affordable health insurance/therapy?
If you do find the courage, I recommend doing it in a way that it seems relevant and apropos to whatever discussion you’re having, rather than bringing it up separately at random. And make it known to HR too. Because once they know it, they become WAY more reluctant to end your employment for any reason.
Nope. Not currently.
But, if you suspect it, you have family that can probably confirm it. You can then start to learn how to save the energy you were wasting while camouflaged and put it into what matters to you.
Unfortunately I have family who don’t want to acknowledge that it could possibly be real, because then they would have to admit they did parenting completely wrong.
Two questions to think about before you ask:
Did they do the best they could with what they had?
If you are autistic, wouldn't you still be if your parents parented differently?
What made you think you were autistic?