General update and autism thoughts

I’ll be blunt: last month’s assessment (and everything leading up to it) took the life out of me. I can’t tell if it’s depression, stress, or burnout, but I’ve been pretty out of it since. I’m struggling to think straight, and I don’t think it’ll let up any time soon. I’m using this post to say I’m still around and that I’d like to write more posts, but I’m finding it all a bit difficult with whatever’s going on in my head. The rest of this post is dedicated to some thoughts I’ve had since receiving my diagnosis. Autism and this blog I intend to write more about my experiences living undiagnosed, and the process of getting assessed. As much as I want to write for the other mes out there – those who are undiagnosed, struggling, and confused – I can only really write for myself to unpack everything that’s happened.. I won’t exclusively pivot to talking about it, but it might be a key topic for some time. I still have a bunch of usual and mundane posts in the works, but again I haven’t…