Really struggling to deal with all this I am so exhausted I just want to curl under my bed all the time
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People with ASD think differently and express themselves differently compared to non ASD people. Misunderstandings and arguments are very common parts of our lives and this is one of the reasons that we end up in confusion and depression. I was diagnosed because my bosses at work simply did not understand me and I did not understand them and we were having continuous arguments about things.
It is a short step from that to someone calling you a liar and it could be because you said something that perhaps might have been expressed differently or more or less completely by someone who wasn't ASD?
The situation at the doctors sounds very difficult for everybody concerned. You were probably very stressed, your mother was probably very stressed and the doctor had some sort of a scene going on in the hallway. The doctor may have tried to defuse your mother's anger by partially agreeing with her. Have you tried to imagine how it was for your mother and the doctor? What would you have done if you were in their shoes?
Patient confidentiality is an important part of the doctor patient relationship. If you tell the doctor that you wnat things to remain confidential then they should remain confidential. If, on the other hand, you have agreed that your mother should collect you and take you to the hospital then it is slightly different - it would be almost impossible for her to do that without being told some of the reasons by you or the doctor. You have the right to tell the doctor what can be said to your mother.
People with ASD think differently and express themselves differently compared to non ASD people. Misunderstandings and arguments are very common parts of our lives and this is one of the reasons that we end up in confusion and depression. I was diagnosed because my bosses at work simply did not understand me and I did not understand them and we were having continuous arguments about things.
It is a short step from that to someone calling you a liar and it could be because you said something that perhaps might have been expressed differently or more or less completely by someone who wasn't ASD?
The situation at the doctors sounds very difficult for everybody concerned. You were probably very stressed, your mother was probably very stressed and the doctor had some sort of a scene going on in the hallway. The doctor may have tried to defuse your mother's anger by partially agreeing with her. Have you tried to imagine how it was for your mother and the doctor? What would you have done if you were in their shoes?
Patient confidentiality is an important part of the doctor patient relationship. If you tell the doctor that you wnat things to remain confidential then they should remain confidential. If, on the other hand, you have agreed that your mother should collect you and take you to the hospital then it is slightly different - it would be almost impossible for her to do that without being told some of the reasons by you or the doctor. You have the right to tell the doctor what can be said to your mother.
