Autism shame?

I didn’t really care when I got my diagnosis. It was what it was, and I lived with it. I did a huge autism workbook with a family friend. It didn’t really matter. 
But recently I’ve become aware of how ashamed I am. I always feel like the child nobody ever wanted to have. The sob story on Britain’s got talent. The problem child.

And I don’t know how to accept it when it’s all in media. I don’t know how to accept it while people still say I’m sorry to my mum if she says something.

Has anyone else experienced this?

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  • I got diagnosed because of the increasing number of problems my Asperger's was causing - I'd reached the limits of my masking.      Since then, the more I understand about myself, the more ashamed and disgusted I am with my Aspergers.       I can now see and feel when people have been / are using and manipulating and bullying me.    I've been treated shockingly over the years by people I had to trust - mainly in the workplace.

    It's that sudden realisation that I'm a joke that hits really hard.       I absolutely understand why there are so many Asperger's suicides.   

  • Wise words, from a wise, wise man.  RIP.

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