I disclosed to one of my aunts and 3 friends that I might be autistic.
My Psychiatrist said I probably am, but I still want the official diagnosis.
Anyway.
I talk to this aunt quite often, and recently have caught her looking at me with what can only be described as pity.
The way she talks to me also seems to have changed a little.
My friends treat the me same as they always did. One has a 5 year old grandson who is autistic, and the other' husband is also on the spectrum, and the 3 are also friends with each other.
So I guess they understand.
I am the same person I was since I started realising that my laziness, weirdness, coldness, etc. actually has a name. I speak the same way, laugh the same way, joke the same way... so why is my aunt treating me differently?
I'm not offended. It just feels weird.
I don't know![Woman shrugging: light skin tone :woman_shrugging_tone1: 🤷🏻♀️](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-1f3fb-2640.png)
My Psychiatrist said I probably am, but I still want the official diagnosis.
Anyway.
I talk to this aunt quite often, and recently have caught her looking at me with what can only be described as pity.
The way she talks to me also seems to have changed a little.
My friends treat the me same as they always did. One has a 5 year old grandson who is autistic, and the other' husband is also on the spectrum, and the 3 are also friends with each other.
So I guess they understand.
I am the same person I was since I started realising that my laziness, weirdness, coldness, etc. actually has a name. I speak the same way, laugh the same way, joke the same way... so why is my aunt treating me differently?
I'm not offended. It just feels weird.
I don't know
![Woman shrugging: light skin tone :woman_shrugging_tone1: 🤷🏻♀️](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-1f3fb-2640.png)