I’d like the diagnosis.
It would allow me to say hey yea I’m different cos I’m autistic.
Even though everyone is different really.
But this just makes it more obvious for some ppl.
I went to an autism course today.
I felt resonance to a few things.
Gonna get screening at the GP.
Would love to join autism groups too.
You are an artistic person
Haha thankyou!!!
If you would like to be autistic, what are the cons of beeing autistic in your opinion?
By the why how are you keeping up ?
I see multiple threads on autistic screening.
Edit: I should do the screening as well I think because who know what I have from the meds I take for, here it says
Good luck with that…
Extreme anxiety.
It’s also to learn how to deal with why I am how I am and understand it.
And maybe support
@Zoe I do understand. Good luck!
I don’t particularly like being autistic because I have trouble socializing and with sensory input… it’s debilitating. But I’m level 2. Level 1 autistics seem to enjoy being autistic
I don’t enjoy it so much.
It has been highly destructive in the past.
They diagnosed me aged 32.
Living with something you don’t know you have or know anything of is terrible.
All the intervention stuff doesn’t happen, and I can say in my case at least that having to take the long way round with no help and just constant conflict etc was not easy
The levels just relate to the amount of support needed - and when you have just dealt with your issues alone, you adapt because you have to.
It’s insensitive to joke about wanting a disease for those who actually have it and suffer with it. 
I’m going for the first part of the assessment tomorrow. For me I do not want to be autistic as much as it sounds like I want to. The reason why I’m seeking diagnosis is because if it turns out I am it will explain allot of my behavior and ways of dealing with things. It just feels like it fits and I feel like I found a group I can finally connect with.
I’m just worried I could be wrong again as I often am.
I got my diagnosis quite late in life. I feel like getting a diagnosis of autism helped me understand why i do the things i do.
i got diagnosed by the disability examiner a few months ago…not 100 percent sure i believe it. SZ and Autism are alike in a lot of ways so idk. But whatever, it will help me keep my disability without having to take medication if i dont wanna so i guess thats good.
If you’re in England (don’t have to tell me either way) then ask for right to choose through either psychiatryuk or a company called clinical partners. Google both and choose which is one you feel is right for you. Because the NHS waiting list is too much. For me I waited three years before asking for this.
Im from the uk and i think i waited for like 4 maybe 5 years before i got my first assessment.
Yeah if I hadn’t heard of right to choose I’d still be waiting
No you would not like that lol.
Just be you 