An update on the online therapist situation.

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So, you may remember that awhile back I made a post about a speculative comment a supposed online therapist made about me in regards to having autism. Well, on that same website I spoke to a different therapist today and they want to refer my case to a specialist GP on the NHS. Not for autism though, but rather for generalised anxiety disorder and OCD. I also have the option to look into therapy through my university, or just sticking with the online therapy website.

They seem to suspect anxiety (apparently I have described symptoms of it, I didn't even realise that's what I was doing) and also OCD (not that surprised at that one, I suppose the two can sort of tie into one another). But, the first therapist I talked to on that website, the one who stated that she wondered about the possibility of autism, I haven't spoken to her for many months now. The therapist that I've been talking to recently though thinks my sensory discomfort might be linked to OCD (particularly obsessive thoughts in this case) and anxiety. They want to send me to this GP to try and confirm or deny these suspicions.

I'm not really sure what I want to do, I should probably focus on getting a dyscalculia diagnosis first for the sake of my education, but afterwards it might be something I should look into. I'd never even considered anxiety up until now. Hmm...

I often don't feel my anxiety directly. It's there but somehow hidden. But it is too common among aspies to neglect the idea.

This is too specialised for a GP to do anything, your GP will just refer you to a psychiatrist or whatever team they have locally that deals with mental health.

Another update: I've sent a request to have what they call a "named therapist". This just means that I'll be communicating with the same therapist each week instead of just talking to whoever is available at the time. This is good because quite frankly I was getting sick of switching between people- and I definitely had favourites (with some of the therapists there, it just didn't really feel like they understood me at all, whereas with some I seemed to click with almost instantly).

Hopefully whatever named therapist I end up with, they'll be a good fit. Otherwise, I'll asked to see someone else.

Yet another update: I now have a named worker/therapist, and my first session is on friday. Hopefully it'll go well.