About how WP used to be. No, I am new..just wonder

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When I first joined WP I'd see a thread appear from time-to-time in effect calling us Self-Diagnosed Aspies "Fakes". At first I was quite offended, but now I just tend to brush it off.

I am quite happy with my self-diagnosis and I'm certain in my own mind that I have AS. At the end of the day, what other people think doesn't change that. It's too much hassle to get a real diagnosis - tried once and the GP just poopooed the idea that someone of my age could have got so far without one.

I've managed to survive OK and, through luck rather than skill, I've done alright in life. I don't think a diagnosis would do anything for me now. When I was younger and struggling at school and uni and with family crises, then yes, it would have helped, but I'm through all that.

Self/undiagnosed AS and fake AS are two different things.

True, but when you are undiagnosed you always have a tiny suspicion or doubt in the back of your mind that you are completely wrong about your belief and thus a faker. At least that is how it is with me for everything that I can't prove.

I have a funny story. When I joined here over a year ago, I was a few weeks away from being diagnosed so I put "have aspergers- not diagnosed." I didn't get an email reply to join the board and several weeks went by. I thought maybe I was rejected since I didn't really have it! Then I emailed Alex, who I assumed was a robot or a fake person, and he said I happened to sign up on the day and hour when there was a problem with the server. So then he sent me the email right away.