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allistic parents

  1. Perpetually_confused

    Masking with my mother

    Just wanted to reach out to see if anyone has any similar experiences. I've never felt I could ever be truly myself with my mother. In fact she is the person I have to mask with the most. She has never accepted me for who I am and I had a lot of difficulty growing up feeling very unseen...
  2. Beanfinity

    Overbearing parent or am I being too selfish? halp

    Here's the heart of the issue: I really need time alone, as in I don't even want to be contacted or asked how I am doing or anything. I only have the energy to text with a few friends, and that's on a very irregular basis (which they are all totally fine with. I can go days without responding...
  3. Ylva

    Verbalism

    Here's an article written by an allistic mother of at least two autistics. On the surface it looks like just another self-centered parent lamenting, but under the surface it actually has a few decent insights that I am glad I read because it made sense of a little more of my childhood. Of...
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