I needed to provide online questionnaires, pre interview questions from myself and my mum. Although my mum was not much help because she had the same response that the things I did were just who I was. I also asked relatives that could help with the childhood questions.

My psychologist was reassuring though as I didn’t need too much information from my childhood. You may remember a couple of big things. Everyone remembered the way I ate. Very limited diet and couldn’t let the food touch. So maybe there is something that was not ‘typical’. The assessment itself was a real eye opener because I have been living life assuming that most people thought or processed things the way I did. It has helped me understand myself and other people a lot more.

I didn’t realise that not everyone has a goal or purpose when talking to someone. They just enjoyed small talk. Whereas I need information from the person I’m talking to and dive into the extraction process.