yes that's true you are the same person but you still learn something from it, for example I thought like that before I went to get my autism diagnosis too, but afterwards it was a good feeling because I had always tried to keep up with NT people and forced myself to do stuff which I can't do like NT people, and that caused me to have crazy burnouts or I felt suicidal afterwards, I forced myself to do that because I thought I would get used to it and that I'm like this because I spent to much time at home, and now after the diagnosis I can handle stuff diferent because I know I'm ND