Suspecting I have autism...should I ask? -
December 5th 2022, 01:56 AM
Okkk. I did another one of these, but about BPD. It's stupid, I feel like I'm self diagnosing, but I'm really not trying to.
For a long time I've been considered socially awkward by my parents. I'm really slow at social cues, I kinda just copy what others do, I get very obsessed with certain topics I like, I'm the last one to get a joke, etc.etc. I just thought this was normal, and I'm gonna be honest, as a younger kid I always kinda stigmatized people with autism. Not intentionally, of course- the only real autism awareness I was exposed to was really stigmatized versions, or the people on the far end of the spectrum (I mean no offense by that, I just didn't know how to word it) So I never thought it'd be possible that I could have it. Recently though, I watched a video by a girl who has autism, who basically explained the signs and how she found out. I related to SO many of them, and so I started looking a little bit into it. I really do think I fit a lot of the criteria.
Should I ask my therapist? It feels like a kind of thing you aren't supposed to ask about-- like it kinda just happens. Like somebody else notices and asks for you, not the other way around. Plus, I feel I need to ask about BPD, and so I don't want to have to pick between asking about autism or BPD. It's likely I don't even relate to either and I'm just looking too much into this. But if I did turn out to have it, it'd explain a lot.
So yaa, should I ask?
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