Tried getting diagnosed and then told I’m normal

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I took the intake assessment with some woman and she told me I’m developmentally normal and just have like a milder version of depression…

I’ve spent years believing I have autism

She said it’s normal to be bullied and stuff and figure out who you like .. well yes but I’m actively lying to people and changing how I am to be more likable

I feel stupid because then why do I need clarification for everything why do I misunderstand everything miss subtexts often

Precisely, "intake assessment" for what?

What were the credentials of "some woman"? How did she end up doing an "intake assessment" of you?

Have you ever had a formal Adult Autism Assessment? (By a licensed Psychologist who works with Autism?)

P.S. Not formal, not official, but interesting: AQ.

she had a PHD... I think. she was specifically the autism intake assessment person, it said on the zoom name label(however she might've just been a random psychologist) before I could do the bigger test. though, Ive been within the same circle of providers due to my insurance and the psychology branches are beginning to have a theme of not being that great. the questions where yes or no but it was hard because a lot of it was situational.

I had to ask my therapist for an assessment then I had to take what was basically the quiz you sent me to get an intake assessment to eventually take the final one if It came up that I could be autistic.

she said(not verbatim) : you tend to get frustrated then can't tolerate things around you, you have depression. you seem smart to notice things about people enough to change yourself to be like them. then something about how I am introspective so it could lead to me thinking I have something living in my head and stuff. Idk she also said, how can you be afraid of socializing but also be funny... I can be nervous and push through it to become liked sometimes it feels like there's no other option even when id rather just be quiet she also said like you're finding out your interests this is all normal development(what 11 year old gives 2 s**ts about the 1920s and carries that for 7 years)

anyway on the quiz u linked I got 37

I don't have a diagnosis as I don't have the money but was told for a long time to " stop putting labels on myself ", I've taken a couple online tests and I score off the charts. Not to mention a lot of my behavior as a child and some as an adult. Getting yelled at constantly, bullied severely in school, called The R word, and more.

As a child as well as an adult, odd interests, poor social skills, needing a set schedule and routine.

an itinerary if I am say on vacation or around the holidays, i.e how long will be here? where are we going?, what time will arrival and departure be, and things like that. This got me chewed out a few times in my life!

In a nutshell, I am tired of being dismissed and blown off myself.

Ugh the label thing is annoying bc then people think you just want an excuse. We must blow off the blowing off it seems like the only way

https://www.findapsychologist.org

They have to assess you against the DSM criteria. It is kind of fun. And I got a written report comparing me to the DSM criteria.

(And Aspies can be funny!)

Maybe I just didn’t fit the bill or something because she does specialize in ASD, regardless I’ll get a written report this week. I’m probably going to drop the endeavor and be normal because she’s probably right as she has the credentials idk. I’m coping lol

Thank you for your resources though

This might interest you: https://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=355941&p=7718562&sid=2b560779bf124f7b383e2026146caab2#p7718562

My father is good for that and thinks(or used to) I just do it to get attention, or I was being a brat. Constantly changing plans, which caused meltdowns a few times. Not to mention a couple of stims I have, with wringing my hands and sometimes mumbling under my breath.

No, I just want things to be clear, i.e " this is going to happen on August 6, at 11am and will take roughly 2 hours or so". " We are going to X location about 1pm, we will be there about an hour, then we head to Y location and should be there about 3".