cutie_ on Yik Yak | Talking to my mom and she asks why I think I have autism. I forget everything about myself that is a symptom. She tells me I want to have autism and she just doesn’t see it, now questioning if I’m making it up and I’m just normal and maybe I do want it

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Neurodivergent 12w

cutie_

Talking to my mom and she asks why I think I have autism. I forget everything about myself that is a symptom. She tells me I want to have autism and she just doesn’t see it, now questioning if I’m making it up and I’m just normal and maybe I do want it

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Anonymous 11w

so i relate with that feeling of like “am i making it up?” or what but i do feel deep down that i just think differently than a lot of the neurotypical people i surround myself with. don’t invalidate your feelings just because your mom is doubting it <3

Anonymous 11w

i told my parents i feel like i have a mix of autism with adhd and my mom said she could see the adhd but not autism and i think part of that is because i feel like all we see in media is like severe depictions of autism and autistic tendencies and not many like high functioning people with autism

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Anonymous

#1 11w

Yeah I’m getting tested for adhd (already did all preliminaries) i apparently don’t meet the criteria however she does. It’s almost like I don’t really tell her everything or something crazy like that

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Anonymous

#1 11w

All my friends and my therapist think I’m neurodivergent so like I get validation there it just sucks being told that I want to have this thing that makes socializing so hard for me

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cutie_ 11w

yeah i get that, im sorry you have to deal with that, we’re here for you! <3

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Anonymous

#1 11w

Thank you 💗

Anonymous

#1 11w

When I was 12 a psychiatrist suggested I might be autistic (was diagnosed with ADHD when I was like 7/8) and I almost resented her for even suggesting it. 10 years later and I’m 99% sure I’m autistic and my therapist (she can’t diagnose) and almost all of my autistic friends think so too. What changed was I saw (irl and on social media) how higher functioning autistic women live and experience life and I realized I related a lot to that.