Every day of my life
I am going to be tested soon (for general issues), and my counselor has stated that she believes Aspergers is one of the possible conditions I have. Great. I suspected that. Enter my parents, who think that "It's not possible." My dad said it's because I can speak and eloquate my feelings very well. Excuse me? Sure, I'm very good at speaking about Psychology, literature, or about my best friend and his rather intense way of speaking his mind. But most of the time whenever they as me a questions about something else that
they like and not me, I answer 'Yeah,' or 'Good,' or 'Okay'. I speak well on subjects I"m
interested it. And whenever I make a light-hearted joke about me having aspergers (possibly), my mom says 'But she just said it's a
possibility, not that you have it. Well, yes, but she made it clear that's the most likely cause of some of my issues. And my dad just outright rejects the idea. They think ti's just puberty (sorry if TMI lol) and middle school. Especially since my brother had issues when he was in middle school (I'm 99.9% sure he's got tourettes) but once he got ot high school he became a social butterfly. They say that's why right now I"m not doing as good, and that high school will be amazing, but they constantly tell me to not compare my self to my brother (because he does very well in school, and people like him a lot more than me because he is very sweet and friendly), when they're doing just that. Yes, we're not the same person. So why do you expect the same outcome? Also, they don't think I have aspergers because I wasn't like this before. Obviously it would show in middle school, because that's when social pressures start to rise. They also completely neglected the earlier signs of of sensory problems from when I was younger, saying it was just my OCD. They blame everything possible on OCD, ieven if there's no connection. They think just because my brother got through school wihtout getting tested that I shouldn't have to either, and they think I'm being weak or something for seeing a counselor and getting help. You know why my brother never got any help? BECAUSE HE'S SO STUBBORN!!! My school counselor has finally convinced them of why getting tested would be extremely hepful, thank goodness. Now my dad is saying he thinks everyone in our family (we've all got some issues lol) has a form of tourettes, even though when I suggested my brother had it, he said that he didn't! Sorry for the rant, but as much as I are for my family they are a giant mess lol.