Published on 12, July, 2020
I was diagnosed Autistic 3 weeks ago and I’ve only told a handful of people, I’ve put off telling my parents because I thought they wouldn’t believe me and I was right. Today my dad came to my house and we were on about secrets and as you autistic people know, we can’t lie, so I told him I had a secret and so he badgered me to tell him and I said I wanted to tell him and my mum together, but he kept pushing me and in the end I told him, he asked me what made me autistic and I explained about my social awkwardness and he just said that I was quiet. He didn’t stay much after that, which I thought was weird, would have thought he’d want to ask me lots of questions, as he was leaving he looked at my pots that were piled up and said, I guess you are gonna use this as an excuse now for being messy. He left for home and I know he would have definitely told my mum and she hasn’t bothered to phone to discuss, which I’m not too happy about. This experience has made me doubt my diagnosis and has left me feeling flat
While I understand the difficulty and emotions that come with parents not believing/understanding an autism diagnosis
Give them time, my parents took a while to come around, and they also had many misconceptions about autism, and it was only as they learnt more that they came to understand.
And for this
BipolarZombie said:This experience has made me doubt my diagnosis and has left me feeling flat
Why would your parents know better than a clinician? I wouldn't trust my parents to diagnose a physical health problem with any great skill, the same goes for my autism.