Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm not a fan of them. Even as a little girl I never got excited for my birthday, in fact the weeks leading up to it were always filled with dread and this is something that's never changed.
My birthday is next month and I'm already dreading it. People keep asking me what I want, should we do a party, am I excited...
It must sound like I'm not grateful, I actually am grateful for the thought and care but as with every year I just want to stay in my room and wait for the day to be over. Everyone fusses and the majority know I don't like my birthday or celebrating but they do it anyway.
If it was a quiet occasion it would be much better and I wouldn't have such a big problem with it but it's never a quiet occasion and by the end of the day I'm always exhausted and nearing a meltdown.
There's still a month to go but I'm anxious already. If I'm really lucky they will forget it this year and I can carry on like normal.
I'm ashamed to confess that I've never had a birthday party in my entire life.
Me neither
I got to say I class us as the lucky ones ^^
Birthday parties sound like the worst thing ever lol xD
There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, you don't need to be ashamed. I think I only ever had 3 when I was a child which at the time I felt upset about because other girls my age had one every year but now looking back I realise how lucky I was.
There's no need to be ashamed. You've probably had a lucky escape if my one and only experience of a birthday party was anything to go by. Autists can find such events too overwhelming anyway.
Nothing to be ashamed of, that's actually pretty cool. As long as it doesn't upset you of course.