Disclaimer: I’ve never attempted to get a professional diagnosis but I have my suspicions. Might give it a try once my country gets through its current “Let’s put all the neurodivergent people on a list” phase.
I have a similar experience, didn’t really have any inklings til my early 30s. I grew up in a culture that enforced the “boys don’t cry” rule so I learned to hide my feelings, including from myself. Looking back, I can remember some things that were definitely signs, but it took decades to put them together. I also don’t remember a lot of my childhood. Like, multi-year spans where I can’t recall a single thing that happened. I think that lack of memory formation makes it a lot harder to get enough data to identify a pattern.
Disclaimer: I’ve never attempted to get a professional diagnosis but I have my suspicions. Might give it a try once my country gets through its current “Let’s put all the neurodivergent people on a list” phase.
I have a similar experience, didn’t really have any inklings til my early 30s. I grew up in a culture that enforced the “boys don’t cry” rule so I learned to hide my feelings, including from myself. Looking back, I can remember some things that were definitely signs, but it took decades to put them together. I also don’t remember a lot of my childhood. Like, multi-year spans where I can’t recall a single thing that happened. I think that lack of memory formation makes it a lot harder to get enough data to identify a pattern.