Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

About a year ago I read an article about masking and realized this behavior is something I have done all my life. I retook the online autism screening tests and answered the questions the way I really was and not what I wanted to be... yes, a lot more on the spectrum. I am looking to get officially diagnosed, but tele-health is my only option for therapy and I live in a studio bungalow with my husband and I am not comfortable with zoom calls.... so I carry on. But, if I am autistic it will help explain my crippling anxiety I have experienced all my life. Holding a job and let alone following a career path was unobtainable for me, so I pretty much failed or ran from anything. I always thought that I was spoiled rotten, if I am autistic, then their was a reason for my anxiety. It will help a lot to know! Since coming to this conclusion my life, this past year, has been on a more even keel, I feel a lot less guilt and understand a lot more about what I am capable of and what I should avoid like the plague. I hope the person close to you finds peace with the diagnosis.