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I had my assessment yesterday and I'm upset about all the things I forgot to say. Did this happen to you? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I felt ok after the appointment but today I remembered we didn't talk about the problems I have keeping a job.

He only mentioned work once to ask if can comfortably discuss work in a work context and I said that would be fine. But I was only thinking about discussing a programming algorithm or something with no conflicts. I've actually had lots of trouble with conflicts at work, or getting upset and walking out of jobs. I've only had one job I kept more than a few months.

Also he didn't ask anything about living independently. It feels like we spent the whole session talking about socializing.

I'm worried he's going to think I don't have any problems in my life apart from socializing and that's not important enough for a diagnosis and I won't be able to access any support.

Is it normal to feel like this the day after?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

After every important social interaction I think for hours about the things I didn't say but should have and especially the things I shouldn't have said but did. I thinkt it's normal for many of us.