Hi @zatrix. It’s pretty much impossible to go through the whole diagnosis and acceptance thing without it having a huge impact on who we are as people. And it’s easy for that fact to begin to make you feel more and more isolated. Everyone is different and has other approaches. But I think with me, I had to work to retrain myself in learning and understanding what my new limits, boundaries and levels of comfort were. One strange impact I noticed, was that my level of tolerance of other people’s nitty gritty moans and groans really dropped. That can be kinda hard when you work in a place like a school, packed with people! It was also a fact that I began to feel really uncomfortable if there were too many people around, almost like a kind of social anxiety. So, again, it’s learning what this newer version of you looks like. Then, you can work on making sure that you look after yourself and indulge your needs, to make sure that people around you always get to see the best version of yourself that you can be. Hope that makes sense!

I agree with @vixen. I'd also add that it can be temptingly easy to over-worry and succumb to the victim narrative. We've all done it at some point to a greater or lesser extent. There is no shame in asking your GP for a mild anti-depressant of the Prozac variety. It is tremendously good and smoothing things out and reducing anxiety. You don't 'feel' anything per-se. Looking back you realise that the daily crap of life has been less stressful. They are not addictive and the forward thinking neuros even think it ought to be de rigeur in most cases. Go to Dr Aaron Boster's YouTube channel and just search for videos on mood. He covers it v well. It is normal to have things rattled. It is pointless not to treat that when we have the know how.