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Why would my ex boyfriend tell me to fix my autism symptoms in order for him to have the patience for me?

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dancerxoxo123

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He told me I act childish a lot of the time and I say things that aren’t appropriate to people that I don’t realize and my ex always has to point that out to me and it gets annoying to him that is why he didn’t want to get with me. In order for us to work on things again he told me to fix my autism and he said heavy metals and what I eat like processed foods cause my autism and I should try heavy metal cleanse to get the heavy metal out of my body that causes me autism. Will that improve my autism symptoms and does he sound ignorant? Should I try getting the heavy metals out of my body and go gluten and sugar free to see if it will help with my autism symptoms? Does it really help? And what are your thoughts that he said that to me? I also said to him one night I want to go to the arcade and he said that’s childish and I act like a child. This part of my autism also this and to ask a random person where they got their hair done?
 
Well, it doesn't sound good.

Are you saying he is willing to try again if you conform to his wishes?
 
Chelation (heavy metal removal) and gluten-free diets for autism come from questionable science and parents, desperate to try anything to get rid of their kid's autism, reporting that it (along with numerous other dubious treatments) helped their young children recover from autism. They claimed that chelation removed the mercury from vaccines that supposedly caused their child's autism. Gluten-free diet supposedly helps a subset of children that are unusually sensitive to it. I highly doubt either will help your autism and chelation can be dangerous (a few children died from it).

The best thing you can do, IMHO, is to read books on emotional intelligence, which can help you understand emotions and people better, resulting in more pleasant social interactions and more people wanting to be around you.
 
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To put it bluntly - dump him.

His idea of a heavy metal cleanse is nonsense, as are his ideas about autism.

Autism isn't something you fix. He's ignorant and sounds like he's controlling.

You don't need that in your life.

Ed
 
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