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Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Road to (Self-) Diagnosis
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I feel like nature played a sick joke on me too. Being born in 1990, isn't all that great either. I went into jr high with a newly diagnosed label, after having a bad reputation from meltdowns. Teachers didn't and still don't understand it. So going through jr hi and hi school with double stigmas aren't worth being born later. I have a feeling that a lot of people were diagnosed in the first few years of the century.
Yeah, you're probably right. Since I discovered AS in '02, it probably would have been better for a 7-year-old that year instead of a 12-year-old. So yeah, I guess maybe if I were born in 1995 instead of 1980 it would have been better. But again, at least I wasn't born in 1950.
How are things for you now? Are they getting better? Why not sign up as a follower on this blog; maybe some stuff will strike a chord with you and be helpful.
I know that this is an old post but I just came across it and I wanted to say that I can really relate to it. I am a 31 year old female and I was diagnosed with Asperger's about a year ago and it was a huge relief to finally know what was "wrong" with me. I also studied art in college (but I haven't been able to find a job since I graduated).
I was born in 1984 and saw a psychologist in I believe 1994/1995 (10-11 years old) for a short period of time. Months. Didn't trust the psychologist. Don't trust my parents. Don't trust society.
They got very little out of me and even tried to get me to connect with another quirky kid. Good friends are hard to make. I have had probably one good friend that lasted any length of time. That was 3 years. That could have easily lasted much longer although he moved.
All I can say is resist! I knew that then and in my own ways did so. Of course that only got me labelled more. I resisted in 2nd grade and learned something of value. Strong resistance is futile. Tepid resistance works better. Being labelled can have legal consequences.
My life (the next 25 years) may literally be altered because of the decisions my parents took in 1995.
I am also gay. I am not out. Not that I am not comfortable with myself. I am. It is society I am not comfortable with. And for good reasons.
Homosexuality pre-Nazi 1930s was flourishing. Then look at what happened since. Disturbing repercussions. We are still not over it.
Be aware. Labels and diagnosis have consequences and still do. Sometimes even more than being gay now. And the medical community is disturbingly wrong in many cases. All of which go back to having legal consequences for AS suffers.
By the way the suffering part is entirely because of society and not because of an illness. You can argue AS doesn't exist and would not necessarily be wrong. It is like being gay. There is a spectrum and being different does not make you mentally ill.
I feel like nature played a sick joke on me too.
ReplyDeleteBeing born in 1990, isn't all that great either.
I went into jr high with a newly diagnosed label, after having a bad reputation from meltdowns. Teachers didn't and still don't understand it. So going through jr hi and hi school with double stigmas aren't worth being born later. I have a feeling that a lot of people were diagnosed in the first few years of the century.
Hi Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteYeah, you're probably right. Since I discovered AS in '02, it probably would have been better for a 7-year-old that year instead of a 12-year-old. So yeah, I guess maybe if I were born in 1995 instead of 1980 it would have been better. But again, at least I wasn't born in 1950.
How are things for you now? Are they getting better? Why not sign up as a follower on this blog; maybe some stuff will strike a chord with you and be helpful.
Good luck,
Julie
I know that this is an old post but I just came across it and I wanted to say that I can really relate to it. I am a 31 year old female and I was diagnosed with Asperger's about a year ago and it was a huge relief to finally know what was "wrong" with me. I also studied art in college (but I haven't been able to find a job since I graduated).
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of Aspies can related. How are things for you now?
ReplyDeleteI was born in 1984 and saw a psychologist in I believe 1994/1995 (10-11 years old) for a short period of time. Months. Didn't trust the psychologist. Don't trust my parents. Don't trust society.
ReplyDeleteThey got very little out of me and even tried to get me to connect with another quirky kid. Good friends are hard to make. I have had probably one good friend that lasted any length of time. That was 3 years. That could have easily lasted much longer although he moved.
All I can say is resist! I knew that then and in my own ways did so. Of course that only got me labelled more. I resisted in 2nd grade and learned something of value. Strong resistance is futile. Tepid resistance works better. Being labelled can have legal consequences.
My life (the next 25 years) may literally be altered because of the decisions my parents took in 1995.
I am also gay. I am not out. Not that I am not comfortable with myself. I am. It is society I am not comfortable with. And for good reasons.
Homosexuality pre-Nazi 1930s was flourishing. Then look at what happened since. Disturbing repercussions. We are still not over it.
Be aware. Labels and diagnosis have consequences and still do. Sometimes even more than being gay now. And the medical community is disturbingly wrong in many cases. All of which go back to having legal consequences for AS suffers.
By the way the suffering part is entirely because of society and not because of an illness. You can argue AS doesn't exist and would not necessarily be wrong. It is like being gay. There is a spectrum and being different does not make you mentally ill.
Wow... Do you live in a religious area where being gay is not accepted? Sorry about your shrink. They are some good ones but also some real boneheads.
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