Daughter in her early twenties

Hi, I'm new to the NAS. My daughter, in her twenties, is at university . We are still having many challenges with her behaviour. Would love to chat with people in a similar situation.

  • Your honesty was helpful, thank you. It has given me some insight into how things may have deteriorated here. Sorry to hear that you are also not close to your mum and dad.

  •  My daughter was diagnosed as aspergers under 10 years old. under 16, my daughter was bullied at school and her only friends were the daughters of my friends, but her home life was happy. She left school at 16 and went on to 6 th form college where she made friends for the first time. Unfortunately none of them passed their AS exams so she was more isolated in Y 13. At this time, she had a boyfriend whom she met through the Internet and moved in with him after a couple of weeks. It is about then that communication became difficult and has remained so ever since. She feels that she no longer needs help and advice and is an adult, I feel we could still help her. money is a particular problem. She feels we don't give her enough to live on at uni, we think she has unrealistic expectations and that she has enough. She accuses us of not listening to her. 

    Things are at a stalemate. She has told me that I have lost all rights to be part of her life. That hurts. 

    Not sure what to do now.

  • Hi JR your posts are rather blunt and short, has your daughter being diagnosed?

    What can you say about her childhood? What has made you feel this way? The more information you can share and the light you can shed on things, the more likely you'll get advise off someone that can empithis with you. A bit more back ground, examples??

  • Not sure how to start. My daughter , since Y13 has not felt part of our family. I no longer know how to communicate with her. We do not understand each other. Do you talk to your family)

  • Thanks for replying so promptly. What course are you studying? My daughter is doing psychology and is in her second year.