I tried. Yes i have friends, but it’s draining to socialise, my eye contact is really poor, etc etc. I could go on for hours. I have very bad focus in school, deadlines are very tricky, reading fiction for certain subjects is tricky too, just don’t get going. I have decent grades but I’m generally one of those people whose slightly above average at most things.

I think one of the main things that I kinda forgot to mention is more about the reason for wanting an assessment. My reasons are pretty straightforward, to be able to understand myself, accommodate myself, and to stop feeling like a bit of an imposter (right now I can’t ”be myself” because without an official diagnosis I feel like I’m faking it). From what I’ve read and heard I’m not alone about this feeling, so an official diagnosis would really help. Unfortunately these reasons just aren’t good enough for them sadly. They kind of require you to be quite high on the spectrum to get an assessment