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 Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion   Topic: Lockdown

 Post subject: Lockdown
Posted: 02 May 2020, 3:22 am 

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It has taken Lockdown to make me realise that I have been in lockdown all my life. Especially in these latter years: after my children have grown up, my wife and I have effectively separated, my career has petered out and I have had the luxury to largely withdraw from the world to follow my inclinat...

 Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion   Topic: What did diagnosis bring you?

Posted: 07 Nov 2019, 10:20 am 

Replies: 53
Views: 3,419


Hi community. I am new here. I am reaching out for help. I am french, 30, female, and want to know what you think about your own story. Thanks for your answers, they will be read with attention and gratefullness ! Thanks community. Sorry if I may not be an aspie. Thanks Vero Hello Vero (Pickk), I h...

 Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion   Topic: What did diagnosis bring you?

Posted: 05 Nov 2019, 10:32 am 

Replies: 53
Views: 3,419


Thanks all; it certainly illustrates my point that getting a sight-test is straightforward, by comparison with a psych-test, when even getting a sight-test may be prohibitively costly/difficult. I agree, MG, that you very likely qualify for a free examination (https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/help-w...

 Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion   Topic: What did diagnosis bring you?

Posted: 03 Nov 2019, 5:59 am 

Replies: 53
Views: 3,419


Hello Mountain Goat . It does sound as though you’ve been through the wars. It’s a story that must have resonance for a lot of people here; not least the OP. And it does tire me when every website provides some glib disclaimer that if in doubt you should ‘see your doctor’ etc.. As if that would nece...

 Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion   Topic: What did diagnosis bring you?

Posted: 02 Nov 2019, 1:25 pm 

Replies: 53
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Hello Raven , It’s great to hear from you. I would be glad to help, but I think I would feel a tremendous fraud among people with real challenges. And, perhaps, more to the point, it could be counterproductive, because people might not feel that I was like them or could empathise with their problems...

 Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion   Topic: What did diagnosis bring you?

Posted: 02 Nov 2019, 12:21 pm 

Replies: 53
Views: 3,419


Mountain Goat , I’m very grateful for your response. Thank you. You make some profound points, which I think in many ways go to the heart of higher functioning spectrum disorders and how they both inhibit many of us but also enable a critique of NT society. Personally, I’ve been a loner all my life...

 Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion   Topic: What did diagnosis bring you?

Posted: 01 Nov 2019, 12:20 pm 

Replies: 53
Views: 3,419


" What did your diagnosis bring you ? Did it help in any way with the problems you were copping with ? Did it help finding a better « path » in life ? Or having less anxiety about the one you’re already on ? ... If you could go back in time, would you go through the all process of diagnosis aga...
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