My parents don't really understand AS, all they really know is that it is "not normal" and is considered a disability by most. Almost every time I talk to my mother, I come off feeling ret*d and unable to function. She doesn't understand that my mind is wired differently and I therefore do not think the same way she does. I have tryed multiple times to explain this to my mother, but every time she blows it off like she doesn't care. My father isn't as bad(I think he has AS too, but...) but he too doesn't understand my differences.
My sister gets a hard time because of my AS as well. She's what most people call normal, but she has her own problems. It seems like anywhere I "fall short" or where I'm not perfect, my parents look to her to be the good one. Where my sister has her own problems I am also expected to take up the slack.
I keep trying to explain how I am different to my parents, but they don't listen...ever. I need help coming up with ways to talk to my parents without them shooting me down or letting what I say be forgotten a few seconds later.
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19 Jan 2009, 11:34 am
