Hey folks - not sure if I belong here but I’ll give it a shot. My son (8) was finally diagnosed with ASD Level 1. Almost immediately I felt the relief of validation and that my wife and I weren’t imagining things or being crazy. Then, almost immediately after that, guilt set in.
I feel guilty because I am neurodivergent myself and maybe this is genetic and I passed it to him somehow. I feel guilty because I was relieved hearing the diagnosis. I feel guilty because now I feel entitled to services for him and I don’t know if I should feel that entitled to anything. I feel guilty because he is a wonderful and happy kid, and now he has this diagnosis attached to him. And I feel guilty because he is only ASD 1, and since he is at that level, i basically feel guilty for feeling guilty, because so many other folks have it much harder than we do.
is this a normal reaction? Am I way out in left field here? Why do I feel like I am overreacting?
I’m sorry if this kind of post doesn’t belong here. I just don’t know where else to say all of the things that are on my mind. My therapist is helping But this is all still so new to me. Thank you for reading :)