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Getting this diagnosis means so much to me. It’s confirmation that I’m not stupid or lazy and I am the way I am because of how my brain is wired and I can’t control it. It means that I could potentially go on to achieve things, and possibly waste less time beating myself up over all the things I can’t get right.
When the psychiatrist told me that I needed further testing, he also alluded many times that he didn’t believe me plus he was weird and didn’t listen to anything I said, I cried because all I could see was that my life was over. All the career/educational aspirations I had just gone.. I wouldn’t be able to get graduate college, or get a junior/senior job in my field, I would never be able to go to university or even take exams/study for a designation. I would never be able to have one role at a time, like I can only be a student or only work because I can’t manage time or get overwhelmed by stuff. I just felt so bad about myself.
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