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family issues

  1. autism-and-autotune

    I'm feeling conflicted and unhappy with my family situation. May I have some validation and/or advice? (trigger warning, also, I think)

    To preface this, my fiance advises me to take charge of my own mental health and respect my own boundaries. I recognize too that I must do this but I hate that there is that subconscious pull in my gut that says 'standing up for yourself? How wrong! You can't do that!' Surely those brought up by...
  2. autism-and-autotune

    Do I have a right to be angry, or is it childish?

    I'm the only member of a family of four who has had the opportunity to learn of my neurodivergence and do something about it. I highly suspect that both my parents have things going on in their brains, but due to not being willing to address said divergencies, both my older sibling and I were...
  3. YancyyyComet9000

    How do I stop masking?

    I have realised I have been masking ever since I started high school. I never really knew that I was doing it or what it was at the time. Now I'm out of high school and I have had the opportunity to get diagnosed, but sadly that hasn't led anywhere so far. My parents aren't that bothered with me...
  4. Y

    I'm going to be moving soon and there are a lot of things bothering me about it

    In the upcoming days, I’m going to be moving out of a rental house in Rhode Island and moving down to Florida to live with my parents. There’s a lot about this that I’m nervous about. The biggest one is that I hate the idea of having to live with my parents again, for many reasons. The first...
  5. Xonolatio.

    My entire family hates my aspie brother...

    Hi, people. I am new in this site so here's my story. Oh, yeah, I want you to know that I'm not autistic, but my brother is. He is my older brother (he's 26) and we live with our mother, our grandparents and other two siblings. The thing is that he's not mentally well. He is suffering so i am...
  6. Jena

    My brother yells at video games and I have a rabbit downstairs near him.

    Hi guys, so my brother is 19 (going to be 20 in july) Now since covid-19 he has been downstairs a lot at his computer playing video games with his friends via the internet. Normally I wouldn't have a issue. But he is constantly making loud sudden noises such as loud clapping, hitting his hands...
  7. Lundi

    Interacting with family members from third world countries who think that ASD is fake

    I am not sure how to explain this, but on both sides of my family, but especially my father's side, most of extended family believe that any form of ASD is just a hoax, and that those with the disorder(s) are just acting weird on purpose to deliberately vex people or get sympathy and attention...
  8. Andie Kinney

    Adopted father has cancer, I'm not sad but feel guilty

    [Already posted in Forums] I found out that my adopted father has lymphoma and I don't feel sad. I was abused and have stopped talking to most of the adopted family. I didn't feel happy finding out but I wasn't sad either. I don't know if this is because of autism or trauma. I do feel anxiety...
    • Andie Kinney
    • Blog entry
    • 1 min read
    • abuse cancer emotion family issues family outcast father fear guilty overwhelm ptsd
    • Category: Aspergers & Autism
  9. Andie Kinney

    Adopted father has cancer, I'm not sad but I feel guilty

    I found out that my adopted father has lymphoma and I don't feel sad. I was abused and have stopped talking to most of the adopted family. I didn't feel happy finding out but I wasn't sad either. I don't know if this is because of autism or trauma. I do feel anxiety and guilt because I'm not...
  10. Andie Kinney

    Adopted Family

    Writing about coping with the effects of being raised in an abusive adopted family. About coping with the long-term effects of emotional abuse and being raised undiagnosed/misdiagnosed. Learning how to live without the family after going no contact with most of them. About the intersections of...
    • Andie Kinney
    • Blog
    • autism emotional abuse family issues father grief illness trauma abuse
    • Blog entries: 1
  11. D

    I'm trying to come to terms with missing out due to Asperger's/dysfunctional family

    Hey guys. So lately I haven't been feeling the best lately. As for why its because I've been feeling a mix of negative emotions. Guilt, regret, anger, sadness and betrayed. And there's several reasons but it mainly has to do with some recent events in my life. It's a long story, so if you want...
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