I've posted this in my other thread, so sorry if this is against the rules. But I woke up at 4.30am thinking that this was still hurting.
Yesterday, in response to coming out as Autistic, I was told "well, not everyone is normal"
I'm really trying to get my head around this, because of course being autistic, for the life of me, I don't know if they mean that:
1. It is okay to not be normal
2. It is not okay to be not normal
3. Being normal is on a spectrum
4. Being not normal makes me a lesser person.
So, please help me understand.
I'm going to ask the advice of a neurotypical colleague of what was meant by this response. Because it is hurting still.
I mean I know I am not normal. I know I am weird (a comment from Wednesday). But I have a lifetime of this trauma to try and cope with.
I don't know whether I should call it out, feel hurt, feel angry or feel like I am 'making a mountain out of a molehill'. (Do love a good metaphor 
) I want to improve how we are viewed in the world, but maybe like my husband advised me: I should not come out as Autistic, because it will come at too great a personal cost.
Yours, feeling sad.
Mrs Snooks