Published on 12, July, 2020
I have came out to 4 people in my life about my autism so far. I have considered all of them as caring empathetic people. 2 of them were very nice, offering to listen to me since it's a lot of things in mind and lot of feelings. The other two had a reaction that surprised me. One said nothing but "thank you for sharing" and right after that asked me for a favor. It felt like this big reveal of mine ment nothing to them. The other one asked me "is it officially diagnosed?" And didn't respond to my answer only a day after writing a message "do you want to hang out?". I'm sad because of these reactions and I honestly don't know how to interpret them.. it felt like they don't care or understand how huge of a deal this is for me.. did anyone have similar experiences?
That sounds really dismissive of them and I would feel upset about it too
I've recently told 2 very close friends that I think I'm autistic and honestly, neither of them were at all surprised
One friend though, who I'm not close with said "everyone's a bit autistic though aren't they" but she also told me she sees no autism in my clearly autistic son (not yet diagnosed but he has his neuro assessment this term), I simply told her she doesn't spend enough time with him so wouldn't see it anyway. I've not really spoken to this 'friend' since, I'm trying to ditch friendships that make me feel crap these days.