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Every so often it hits me...

IntenseWorld

That I have Asperger's and I feel very negative and feel "why me?" and "it's not fair" and I feel angry.  I have a lot of siblings (my dad married 3 times) and 5 of them are full siblings and I am the only one with Asperger's.  I do have a sister with schizophrenia, which is genetically related to ASC, so I know she could say the same, but she doesn't have the same responsibilities I have and is usually so drugged up that she is less likely to dwell on the impact on her life.

Does anyone else get this anger and disappointment sometimes?

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  • I look like a normal person for almost everyone but my doctors, support staff and family. My family i.e. parents and siblings treat me like normal but also expect me to do normal things like stay in contact every week, I am not a teenager anymore I want my independence but the family just gets in the way of it, I don't get it, other family members live on their own and they don't get grief from other family members, so why should I be any different?

    I'd like to think my lecturers understand my issues with social cohesion but in reality they think I can cope with every social situation they throw at me.

    Every time I decide not to contact my family every week or so, the next time I see them they shout at me and it's not nice, sometimes I get the impression they like shouting at me. It's times like these that make me wish i'd rather live in poverty, because the level I am being treated is so disrespectful and they don't see it.

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  • I look like a normal person for almost everyone but my doctors, support staff and family. My family i.e. parents and siblings treat me like normal but also expect me to do normal things like stay in contact every week, I am not a teenager anymore I want my independence but the family just gets in the way of it, I don't get it, other family members live on their own and they don't get grief from other family members, so why should I be any different?

    I'd like to think my lecturers understand my issues with social cohesion but in reality they think I can cope with every social situation they throw at me.

    Every time I decide not to contact my family every week or so, the next time I see them they shout at me and it's not nice, sometimes I get the impression they like shouting at me. It's times like these that make me wish i'd rather live in poverty, because the level I am being treated is so disrespectful and they don't see it.

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