getting an autism (+adhd&ptsd) diagnosis/being medicated has really changed my life so much. 20 years being told i just have anxiety/depression but always felt off.
its so much easier to be nicer to and accommodate myself better now. its just really nice. that's all.
did this with therapists for so long; even with them i felt i had to mask but with my autism screening i flat out said before we started that "i feel i unintentionally mask during appts to try and seem normal because its what i've always done" & she started writing immediately
mentioned bpd to my psychologist n she laughed n said i don’t have bpd, so i admitted that ive been masking during our appointments for two years and a short list of coinkidinks n she just kinda stared like this for a while, then picked up her notepad n said let’s get into it
also i am EXTREMELY privileged to have been able to seek diagnosis. it costed well over $4k but with my new insurance it was $122. i never thought i would know this kind of mental security and peace and i am extremely thankful to have gotten it later than never. anyways bye.
i don’t think i updated here that i did in fact receive an autism diagnosis, in addition to adhd/combined and ptsd.
and comments below like “well you listen to cheekface so they should have known” are incredibly disrespectful and deduce autism down to a special interest quirk
completely blind to who i really, really am after 30 years of masking, people pleasing, and not understanding how my brain works with my body. but yeah. i fucking love cheekface.
bought nintendogs again a couple years ago but my og DS is so fried i had to scream at the thing to talk to the dogs and that made me feel bad so i stopped playing it 😭