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Grim
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12 May 2007, 5:32 am

I have doubts sometimes, though i do have obsessions, i am not great with people- but i really enjoy being with people a lot of the time.
When i am happy i am not so sure i have AS. I mean, i am a bit obsessive over routines and patterns, very nervous and rubbish attention span, get depressed as well. There as so many other lables they could have given me instead of aspergers, how are you ever supposed to know for sure you have been diagnosed with the right thing?



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12 May 2007, 6:59 am

Grim wrote:
how are you ever supposed to know for sure you have been diagnosed with the right thing?


You don't. You just roll with whatever gets you through the day whether that be believing it or not.

Sometimes I doubt my own diagnosis.. but I know its just wishful thinking. Its me wanting to be "normal" but knowing that I'm not.

I try to convince myself that Ive never had an obsession. But I know I've just become good at suppressing it due to intolerant parents and the responsibilities of being an adult. I tell myself that I don't like routine but I know its just that I have become accustomed to chaos though I secretly hate it.

Is it denial? Is it really the wrong diagnosis? Am I deluding myself into believing I have it or am I deluding myself into believing I don't have it?

I think these moments of doubt are common and normal.


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12 May 2007, 8:54 am

check out nonverbal learning disorders too... very similar


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