Overbearing Parents

[megacomic]

Did anyone here have parents that because of your diagnosis made you the center of their universe? Did you ever resent them for it?

 

[Lysander]

My parents still don't that know I'm diagnosed with ASD. Either that or they already figured it out and didn't tell me, but I'm not asking. We're not close emotionally.

I resented them for being too laissezfaire in their parenting approach when I was little. I was not expected to bathe, or to eat, and I was not prompted to get my homework done. In hindsight I gained a much needed sense of identity, but on the other hand, felt tortured by their indifference.

 

[Fino]

I had a similar upbringing as Lysander and my automatic reaction was to tell you to stop complaining and appreciate it LOL but I understand your situation comes with its own problems so that's not really what I think.

I'm curious to know in what ways are they overbearing? Always needing to know where you are? I can't even think of anything else to guess..

There were times when I was gone for days or didn't eat for the day and my parents didn't notice, or they were gone for days and I had no clue where they went.

I only ever got attention if I attempted suicide, and that would last about a week.

And now that I'm an adult, with the gradual changes they've experienced over the years, their mandatory talks with therapists and doctors and social workers, and whatever else happened in their lives, they just started acting more like parents and ask where I am and where I'm going, now that it's unnecessary.