u/Cherryficmc

(TW for ableism/ableist behavior)
Unsure if others feel that way, but, sometimes I really do think I’m too “irrational” or “too emotional” and really try to control my behavior/feelings/reactions/etc and often ends up with me feeling like garbage, it’s something I been working with my therapist but I have been (re)attending therapy for about 2-ish months so I know it will take a bit for me to see greater improvement on these struggles.
I think it also has a lot to do with how I was raised and later on treated in life, especially with having to mask so much. I think maybe being called “dramatic” so often didn’t help either lol

Does anyone else relate or share similar experiences?

Hi everyone, I’m extremely new to Reddit (literally just made my account) but I been aware of this website and the communities for a bit, forgive me for any mistakes or formatting issues.

Im 21 and started to question if I was autistic or not at around 16 years old, so around the pandemic, I have a weird home situation where I cant openly be myself (it’s a whole other story of itself), but I been doing lots of research and progress into getting the help I need and my new psychologist really believes in me and agrees that my experience very much falls under the diagnosis criteria!

So, I was able to schedule a doctors visit where I will discuss this and hopefully get redirected to start the process of getting a diagnosis! I’m very excited about that because it will both give me closure about these feelings but also I might be able to accommodate myself more freely around my family (Even if they don’t do it themselves).

I just wanted to share this bit of good news in my life, it’s never too late to look for help and find community :]