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[quote=Anonymous]It’s really tough and I hear you - I was paralyzed with fear for months before, during, and after the assessment period. An awful time frankly - and it was all really scary. We’re only a year after DX and I’m finally feeling confident again. I lost my sense of parenting for a while there - and had so many doubts. Time heals everything as they say and humans are resilient. You’ll soon accept and move forward - give yourself time to grieve and process it all. Sometimes we’re so caught up in the day to day and the therapies, etc. that it’s easy to loose sight of taking care of yourself. There are still some days that are hard and I am still accepting of the dx. I haven’t fully compared to my partner who was fully supportive and actually was the one wanting to pursue assessments. I was on the side wanting to know nothing and “wait and see”. That also created extra friction which we’ve worked past now but it’s all still very hard. The definitions the dx, what it all means for the future is daunting. You’re definitely not alone. My only outlet is my therapist and this forum for now. The other parents have mentioned some other ways of connecting to others but I’m not there yet. I’m not sure when I’ll “get there” for now I’m quite isolated and somewhat prefer that if that even makes sense. - parent of a 4 year old, dx with level 1 ASD @ 3. [/quote]

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