Hi all. Relatively new to Hexbear, but I was scrolling through the community and saw this, never realized such a thing existed and will be following it more.
Basically, one day just wondered "an I autistic", googled the symptoms, got nervous reading them, so worked up the courage to ask my close friend who is a clinical psychologist.
She said "don't get upset" and then listed about 50 reasons why she thought I was on the spectrum. It was a total punch to the gut, but feels so obvious now in retrospect.
What I'm wondering now is, is it worth seeing a doctor, therapist, or any other professional to get it confirmed and then learn how to deal with this? Or just accept it and be who I am?
Thank you all.
it would probably be a good idea for you to do some more research yourself on the legal benefits/detriments of a professional diagnosis
one thing to keep in mind about getting a professional diagnosis is that i can be used against you especially if you already fall into other marginalized groups for example in some places trans healthcare may be denied from you because of your autism diagnosis