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For some background, I’m a 35 year old male, I was originally diagnosed with ADHD and AvPD, but as I’ve done more reading/research and talked to more people, I’ve come to suspect ASD is more appropriate for me than AvPD. I’ve spent the last few months doing the same, researching, talking to others, listening to the experiences of others with ASD, and it made me feel incredibly seen. I sought diagnosis through the same practice that diagnosed me before, as it was a very good and easy experience for me, the people there are super kind and helpful and non-judgmental.

I just got out of the final report discussion, and they said that although I exhibit a high volume of strong ASD traits, they c

Do you all deal with this as well? During my diagnosis and therapy the idea of anhedonia, an inability to feel pleasure, has been discussed, but I feel like I can’t feel any of my emotions. It’s hard to get excited about things, it’s hard to feel sad about things, it’s hard to really care about anything. I can get little bursts here or there from new things but it fades or disappears really quickly.

My wife and I got married during Covid so we had a very small ceremony and a few months ago we had a make-up wedding for our 5th anniversary where we could invite all the people we couldn’t the first time around. Last night we were going through photos to decide what we wanted printed for an al

I absolutely cannot stand things that ding, beep, buzz, etc at me incessantly. Car alarms, alarms on my phone, the “ding ding ding” that the ATM makes when it spits your card out, the beeping of the microwave when my food is done. When I get added to group chats I have to mute them because I can’t stand feeling my phone buzz in my pocket when 10 people say “lol”. My wife has a terrible habit of snoozing her alarms about 10 times before she actually gets up and it makes me want to throw her phone out the window. I’m generally a very calm person, and don’t let much get to me, but something about these repetitive noises makes me absolutely see red. Anyone else out there feel this?

I absolutely cannot stand things that ding, beep, buzz, etc at me incessantly. Car alarms, alarms on my phone, the “ding ding ding” that the ATM makes when it spits your card out, the beeping of the microwave when my food is done. When I get added to group chats I have to mute them because I can’t stand feeling my phone buzz in my pocket when 10 people say “lol”. My wife has a terrible habit of snoozing her alarms about 10 times before she actually gets up and it makes me want to throw her phone out the window. I’m generally a very calm person, and don’t let much get to me, but something about these repetitive noises makes me absolutely see red. Anyone else out there feel this?

I’m currently sitting in a public space waiting to pick my wife up from an appointment. I was pretty recently diagnosed and am starting the search for a psychiatrist, which is its own struggle, but I found a practice I wanted to reach out to. I don’t want to make a phone call to ask if they have openings because phone calls suck, ESPECIALLY in public, but they have an online submission from to request a call/appointment. That feels like it should be relieving, but now I’m thinking what will the person on the receiving end think? Will they know I’m afraid of phone calls? Will they think I’m aloof and couldn’t be bothered to take the time to call? Am I putting them out or distracting them from

Is there anything to do with this resource, or is it just dead once all farms are fully upgraded?