ghouna wrote:
I now understand who i am, but it is to explain to people why i am behaving the way i am.
When i explain i am self diagnosed, people think i am making it up...
Which people ?
You think things'll improve because you can waive a certificate in their faces saying 'Officially Aspergic' ?
It'll alienate a lot of potential friends - and make enemies feel they were justified in thinking of you the way they do.
You certainly won't be treated as normal, due to widespread ignorance of ASD's - which'll mean a lot of people just won't bother with you ... and that includes potential employers, friends, admirers, lovers, acquaintances and plain old taxi-drivers (no offence to taxi-drivers).
If you really want to see how it impacts on your life, why not make a sign saying 'I suffer from an Autistic Spectrum disorder' that you can wear round your neck or stick to your shirt ?
It'll amount to just about the same thing.
I could be wrong, but I don't think you'll find it greatly improving anything.
Of course, you can always reverse things when you get fed up with it, by saying that you did it as part of an ongoing social study on the effects of ASD's on the individual.
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