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No faith in parents

autismtwo

I have no faith in my parents,, I feel they are not there for me both generally and in emergencies,, I would even go as far as to say,, half my autism is due to them growing up with out guidance, support and a safety net.

Does anyone else have no faith in there parents, and do you think it is linked to your autism spectrum or do you think it is just the autism spectrum making me think like this ?

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    Autismtwo - i've always felt that my parents were not only not there for me but that they were embarrassed by me. For example, when i was in hospital after self harming my mother said "You've had your life handed to you on a plate, why do this?" Twenty plus years on i wrote to them both to inform them that I'd been recently diagnosed with Aspergers - they wrote back to say "good luck for the future". This response nearly drove me insane for reasons I am sure you can imagine. I asked my son, aged 14 and also Aspergers, what to do - he said put the letters on the fire. So I did, and it was a turning point - sort of. I realised that I had put my trust in a very dodgy safety net and it had failed - badly. And i chose to walk away from them both. Is this linked to Autism? Maybe, in that I am 101% convinced it is inherited. Way i look at it - they are in some sort of denial which can only be destructive for everyone.

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    Anonymous

    Autismtwo - i've always felt that my parents were not only not there for me but that they were embarrassed by me. For example, when i was in hospital after self harming my mother said "You've had your life handed to you on a plate, why do this?" Twenty plus years on i wrote to them both to inform them that I'd been recently diagnosed with Aspergers - they wrote back to say "good luck for the future". This response nearly drove me insane for reasons I am sure you can imagine. I asked my son, aged 14 and also Aspergers, what to do - he said put the letters on the fire. So I did, and it was a turning point - sort of. I realised that I had put my trust in a very dodgy safety net and it had failed - badly. And i chose to walk away from them both. Is this linked to Autism? Maybe, in that I am 101% convinced it is inherited. Way i look at it - they are in some sort of denial which can only be destructive for everyone.

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