Newly diagnosed aspie

[Songman987]

Hi glad i found this place and hopefully someone can relate to me I always had trouble fitting in in schools and my mother just said i needed to toughen up and be more outgoing this was when i was age roughly 6-14 now im 33 after thinking i had depression and anxiety all my life the doctor recently informally diagnosed me with aspergers, just yesterday my 8 year old son has been diagnosed with the exact same thing in school. I,m just a bit confused and angry about going through all these years thinking i was the same as all the others and wondering why i wasnt accepted, im also really worried how my son is going to cope in secondary school after hes complained of being called names in Primary school thanks GZ

 

[wyverary]

Hi there! Welcome! Hi hi hi!

:wavespin:

I can relate to you quite a bit, I think. I went through some truly awful bouts of depression and anxiety, from my mid-teens all the way up through my mid-twenties. Ironic thing is, I did not even learn until a couple of years ago, when I was in a psych ward, that I had been diagnosed with Aspergers when I was 16! What! I mean...would that not have, I do not know, HELPED me at all?

There are many Aspie parents here with kids on the spectrum, so feel free to ask whatever you like.