 A year after I got my diagnosis, I went to get checked again by another doctor to confirm it. Yes. I chose the absolute, you know, a really, really, like a specialist. Not exactly a specialist. I wanted someone who's so educated that I could definitely trust them with the diagnosis, like as in the best education. Oh, I feel that as well. I can't let anyone do any psychotherapy or cancel me if they don't know tons of stuff that I don't know. Exactly. Yeah. So I was going via references from other people that I know, but I still wanted the most highly skilled professional. So and I got a confirm, and that's when I told my family that this is the case. And that was because there was absolute denial and it was even funnier. I was given another specialist with some, no medical education, right, but some sort of holistic, logical approach. Lovely. Great. That's just what you want. Some naturopathic medicine. We had such a good time together with her. It was just amazing because I was by that time, I've already had, I've already read a lot of specialized medical literature and research about my case, and I was just. What did she say? Did she say that? Like, oh, you must be a Gemini, like. She felt my energy. Oh, she felt your energy. She didn't even ask questions. She actually told me and said, like, you know, she put her hands over your head and like. It wasn't even a video call. I was hoping at least for a video call. She just told me and she said, oh, so she didn't even see you like in person and she felt your energy. She said that by the energy that she hears in my voice, she can say that I'm fine. Good day, viewers and listeners. Apologies for my very rude introduction to our regularly scheduled broadcast. I just want to remind you that if you have enjoyed the podcast this far, please make sure to rate, subscribe, like, comment and share. 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And is this something that only you experience or is it kind of? Yeah, yeah, that's that's the funny part. Different elders can have different, again, sorts of. You've got all the bad, all the negative experiences. Yes. So I'm prone to depression. And, and I knew that before, because before she started controlling this body, I had depressions back then, but then my family also absolutely disregarded that and said, like, no, you don't have depression. So, yeah, so I was diagnosed with depression too. And I passed that on. And, yeah, so that holistic specialist said that, no, you don't have depression. I can feel you're a strong woman. You're a strong woman. Wow. And that's when I actually realized that everything everything is coming exactly from there. Maybe if things were different, maybe if I was diagnosed with depression, if I had a proper specialist console me back then in my teenage years. An actual licensed professional. Yeah, I might have not had this condition at all. Which is why raising awareness is so important and why it, like, everyone should know what to look out for and what to try to go to and seek health with for. So. Well, I know we've talked a lot about sort of. So when it when it came on and sort of the experiences with your family and social networks and things like that, but what about like the medical system? So I know you talked about the holistic, natural, naturopathic medicine person, but like, for you, were there any roadblocks or were there any differences within sort of going for that diagnosis? Or is there some things that you could talk about that other people might experience? Well, I was super nervous when I was confiding in to the people that found me the specialist, like the second doctor, because they, those people were also in the psychiatric and psychological, psychological industry. So I was not sure if I should or shouldn't confide in them because I didn't know how exactly they would see that. But in instead, they were very understanding and found me the very doctor who who also. I wouldn't say that she specializes in it, but it was part of her medical education, which I was very happy to know. So that is certainly something over relief, I guess. So I might have been lucky to never come across anyone who would be doubtful of my condition. But yeah, so that holistic specialist was the only thing.