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Angnix
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24 Jan 2016, 6:57 pm

My husband refuses to hear anything about AS. A few months ago he tells me about my lack of empathy. To spare you the whole story, today he says I'm bad at reading people because I don't give enough eye contact. But he believes I have these problems because of lack of socialization as a kid because of how i was raised. I'm not dxed with AS though at one time a therapist said it to insurance, but I don't know what to do about this.


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24 Jan 2016, 7:01 pm

Angnix wrote:
Is My Husband Reading AS Stuff?
You'll have to ask him.

Other than that, you might be better off to consult an appropriately-trained and licensed mental-health professional, and not a GP.



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24 Jan 2016, 7:12 pm

My wife absolutely refuses to accept I have autism. She just relies on my original diagnosis of bi-polar which I am definitely not.

Its an incredibly painful part of my life that people don't enjoy my company and don't want to make friends with me but trying to explain this to a neurotypical is a damn near impossible feat there is always some trite easy explanation for my social problems.

This is why I want to create a theory of language and mind that can explain why people don't like communicating with me.


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24 Jan 2016, 7:24 pm

It's possible your husband is just pointing out your autistic traits that he notices without realising that's what they are. If it turns out he's not doing the research, pointing out all the autistic traits that he's said he sees in you might help change his mind.


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