tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post407851659910103329..comments2023-12-28T18:05:33.260+13:00Comments on AStrangerInGodzone: Imposter Syndrome, and Getting A DiagnosisStrangerInGodzonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01092023230098316617noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-16150504177013256282016-04-20T17:03:49.534+12:002016-04-20T17:03:49.534+12:00This describes me too. Throughout my childhood, I ...This describes me too. Throughout my childhood, I knew I was inferior to everyone else and couldn't do the things they do and never developed friendships. Then at 47 years old my dad told me that I was autistic. I did not believe him at first until I started to relate my odd childhood behaviors to what is commonly associated with autism. It was a perfect match sad to say. I am 59 years old Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07257067137103765496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-43708365866789315142016-03-02T01:08:57.220+13:002016-03-02T01:08:57.220+13:00This is me also, I am currently in the process of ...This is me also, I am currently in the process of being diagnosed myself, something that has only happened because all of my children have turned out to be on the spectrum. I still struggle daily, hourly even, with feeling like a fraud and I'm not sure that will ever really go away after having lived with it for almost 40 years (although I live in hope!) but I have spent most of my life Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368376262686587335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-38070321962608031062014-06-11T08:37:55.501+12:002014-06-11T08:37:55.501+12:00I'm 65 male and I just came to the realization...I'm 65 male and I just came to the realization that I have Asperger's. I have been tired of trying to fit in all my life. I have never felt so liberated and vindicated as a person. I grew up in a family that was very abusive to me physically and mentally. I'm learning to embrace my autism, and in fact am quite happy to be the way I am. You wrote a great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-82141345609698832882014-03-12T15:41:48.473+13:002014-03-12T15:41:48.473+13:00Your post is like reading the story of my life. Li...Your post is like reading the story of my life. Literally. I have a son who has been diagnosed with AD/HD three years ago and with Autism (PDD-NOS) one year later. I consulted a psychologist three years ago who told me that I had impostor syndrome. Putting a name on my feeling really changed my life. I'm now 43 and tomorrow, I'm starting the journey to determine if I am also autistic (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-7809049836826009862013-06-24T10:49:40.075+12:002013-06-24T10:49:40.075+12:00That is word-for-word ME as well (female, middle-a...That is word-for-word ME as well (female, middle-aged, diagnosed only a few years ago). In fact, it is so accurate and so eloquent that it ought to be posted somewhere prominent on the Internet as a manifesto for people like us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-29530826009152230802013-06-23T21:43:31.626+12:002013-06-23T21:43:31.626+12:00This has now become one of my commented-on posts -...This has now become one of my commented-on posts - it seems to resonate with many. I'm glad - not becos i want to be known as some 'great writer' (tho that would be nice, lol!) but becos i started this blog not just to express myself, but to help others.StrangerInGodzonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092023230098316617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-24551293027803750832013-06-23T03:51:31.070+12:002013-06-23T03:51:31.070+12:00Thank you for a very clear exposition of the situa...Thank you for a very clear exposition of the situation you now find yourself in - I too am in exactly this place too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-13524072703053850322013-06-23T02:42:08.005+12:002013-06-23T02:42:08.005+12:00Eloquent. The sense of shame and hiding the fact i...Eloquent. The sense of shame and hiding the fact is familiar to me as well. While I have gone undiagnosed for my own condition, my son was rediagnosed from mental retardation to autism spectrum when he suddenly learned to read over the course of a month with the assistance of a co-worker. I have been dealing with forms of profound sensory overload often resulting in sensory blending my whole lifeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-72376095230811394672013-06-22T21:36:59.136+12:002013-06-22T21:36:59.136+12:00This is me, oh yes indeedy.......you ARE an impost...This is me, oh yes indeedy.......you ARE an imposter.....thats ME!!!!.....oh hang about, just who is the imposter here??<br /><br />I have now been diagnosed, and now I try to be....me, and that has its challenges of course because now people think I am weird, but of course now I just tell them I am Autistic, and they tend to accept that. The golden rule wherever you are and whatever you do......Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763422524676518077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-65878438099229574972012-10-06T10:03:36.996+13:002012-10-06T10:03:36.996+13:00This is by far the most accurate way of describing...This is by far the most accurate way of describing how I feel right now, and my situation. Thank you for posting this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-83392368319235033552012-09-22T01:38:51.618+12:002012-09-22T01:38:51.618+12:00Can totally relate. You are a good writer. Thank...Can totally relate. You are a good writer. Thanks for expressing those thoughts we probably all have. <br />~Melissa Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-63421375688951234322012-08-27T03:11:30.039+12:002012-08-27T03:11:30.039+12:00I could have written this word for word.I could have written this word for word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com