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Advice please - need response!

FinlaysonA

Hi, hope all of you are well. 
I am a teen and I am really struggling, I will detail it here.

So basically my Mum’s friend is a constant nuisance as she asks stupid questions that are very easy to answer and it essentially shows she knows nothing. She’s been doing it for a while now. I always try to help as best I can but I’m very direct as I get very annoyed. These arguments/heated conversation for an hours. Today we had an argument and another of my mums friends absolutely lost it. When she lost it I got the angriest I’ve got in a while resulting in me breaking things and smashing a cake into the ground. I didn’t know what to do. 

Is it normal (bearing in mind I am autistic) for me to break things and be one of the angriest people any of my family know?

Is it normal to care too much about what people think of me?

Is it normal for me to always react?

Is it normal for me to care too much about things in general?

Please let me know!

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  • Teen years are difficult, even without autism involved.  Yes, autistic people can react more, feel more, get angry easily, get really angry, break things, and that's something your mum (and her friend) should take into account.  Let your mum know you don't want all the questions, she may not stop but just repeat you don't want them.  You can't control her, but you can control your response.  Soak up the mum stuff, it may stop when she becomes aware you are becoming an adult.

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  • Teen years are difficult, even without autism involved.  Yes, autistic people can react more, feel more, get angry easily, get really angry, break things, and that's something your mum (and her friend) should take into account.  Let your mum know you don't want all the questions, she may not stop but just repeat you don't want them.  You can't control her, but you can control your response.  Soak up the mum stuff, it may stop when she becomes aware you are becoming an adult.

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