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Gogglebox star opens up on 'emotionally draining' autism diagnosis and admits to 'confusion' over his personality

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Gogglebox star Tom Malone Jr has opened up on how he felt getting a later in life diagnosis of autism, sharing that it left him feeling confused about his personality.The Malone family still appear on the Channel 4 show regularly, but Tom no longer joins them.

He recently gave an update on Instagram about how he is getting on after his autism diagnosis. Former reality star Tom revealed his diagnosis at the age of 28 back in 2022 and at the time he was feeling relieved at having an explanation for some of his behaviours.

Now, he has explained the stages he went through when coming to terms with the news. Tom said: "What nobody tells you about being a late diagnosed autistic is the mental stages you go through after the diagnosis.

Stage one - relief.The relief of knowing that all those little things that you always struggled with and wondered about suddenly make sense and there's a reason that you struggled with them." But as he said the second stage for him had been confusion and explained it left him questioning what he thought he knew about his personality.

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