Honesty and lying

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I ran away from home at sixteen and can remember clearly how misunderstood I felt as neither myself or my Mum knew that I was an aspie. I am more than happy to chat to you privately about being an aspie teen, or your daughter (in confidence as there must be absolute trust) if chatting to an older girl may help.

We can be very mature and yet raging hormones make our frontal lobes go out of whack for a few years just like NT teens. I was often accused of lying when I wasn't technically, and it made me stop telling my family about anything I was going through unfortunately. When I needed support the most I was on my own trying to deal with it. Now is the time to lay down the trust and open up the communication channels with her as a young adult.

I'm now in my mid thirties and feel like I have a much clearer perspective on an awful time that led to a suicide attempt. However I made it thankfully, have had a fun life, am happily married and I run a dance music label so I work with some amazing teenagers. We often don't give them enough credit or realise what they are capable of. I think young people today are great.