Beckie has tried to apparently date an ND individual, but it did not go well, apparently, she had a rant about her lack of sucess in dating shortly after she had got diagnoised when she was on a kayak and how there was a need for a ND dating website. I don't know if part of the hold off for dating until she gets a label is kind of her thinking as well, that once she has all the labels, they won't be able to leave her or that they will have to be with her as she is this and that, or that they will have to accommodate her.
I can understand that Beckie wants to have label to be 'seen,' for what she is. I can understand that getting a diagnosis can help with self-aceptance. The label can help you understand yourself and allow forgiveness, it can help you start being kinder to yourself for your past mistakes or how you acted , but there is a need to put in the work and to make changes in your own life. People won't treat her diffrently or she won't get what she wants with a label. A diognisis can help you explain things but it is not an excuse for her behavior.
I do tfind it very intresting that she was speaking about ADHD medication as well and how she was wanting to be on it,with the reason that she has been put on medication in the past, that in it helping her. It was also intresting when she was going on about struggling and not wanting to be dependant on anyone, or go down a pathway of struggling with her autisim, but she is not going to do it. I don't know what she is meaning exactly, but I'm sure that she will post soon.
I do wonder what will happen if she does not get the ADHD diagnosis, especially as she is basing her life on getting it and putting her life on hold for it. I think that she would need to speak to a professional even though she is against it, as it is a very bad mindset to have, especially when she is going on about her menopause and her parents dying before she gets a diagnosis. I would love to know why she doesn't want to go private other than her not wanting to be accused of buying her diagonisis. I doubt that no one would accuse her of that with how NHS is at the moment and the waiting lists, many are going private for mental health and psychiatry services these days. I don't know if she thinks that an NHS diagnosis is more official. There is also the medication aspects as well as she would have to pay for medication if she went private. I know that she would have to pay for medication already as she is in England for a prescription, but do you pay more when it is private? In Scotland, prescription are free but I don't know what it will be like in England. My wife is from the Republic of Ireland and she had to pay about 80 euros a month for her medication.