Is it normal my mum refuses to believe i have autism?

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I was officially diagnosed with autism at seven years old by a psychologist however we eventually lost the documents and reports of this so all these years my mum has been telling me he never diagnosed me despite telling her she's wrong. Eventually we managed to recover the documents after all these years and he did diagnose me with it, proving my mum wrong who didn't seem that happy to know about it. Despite this though she's gone back to not believing I have it after recently seeing a psychiatrist who has rediagnosed; the only reason being is because he asked me to visit him a second time after six months to see how I'm doing.

Just because of that my mum claims he doesn't think I have autism and only told me I have it to "make me happy." She also keeps going on about me displaying no common traits of autism despite her being wrong (I cannot make eye contact, I have to always be doing/stimming with something in my hands, I have trouble talking and can become non-verbal at times when I get overwhelmed, I'm extremely shy and anti-social, I have one thing I'm really interested in and basically know all facts of it.)

She's also claiming because a lot of her friends that come over to our house tell her that I don't look like or show I have autism means I don't have it, and she's believing them over a psychiatrist with a degree. What the fuck is wrong with her? Why does she have such a problem with me having autism? It makes me really angry and upset because she keeps saying that people think I'm faking it. How the fuck do you even fake autism?

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    5 years ago | pl

    Some people just refuse to believe their loved ones have anything wrong with them and will just keep on denying it. It's unfortunately normal and it prevents people who need help from getting help.

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    • RoseIsabella
      5 years ago

      I think you are spot on!

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      5 years ago

      it's fucked up though because she also has autism so she should know what i'm going through. it's like she's jealous or something and she's the only one allowed to have autism lmao

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      • RoseIsabella
        5 years ago

        Does she accept her diagnosis, or is she in denial about that too? She probably wants to believe that you are perfect, because you are her child. I think can be counterproductive. Maybe she thinks you will do better if you think there's nothing wrong with you? I think this is neglectful though.

        I have had depression and anxiety for a most of my life, and I'm pretty sure my mother, and her family have preferred to just think I'm lazy. It's shitty, I know. Denying the existence of something doesn't make it go away.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          5 years ago

          she accepts it but she hardly ever talks about it. I have other problems wrong with me too though and she accepts them all except my autism diagnosis. and yeah my mum is like that too, if I can't do something she thinks i'm lazy or if i'm in a deep thought and she says something and I ask her to repeat herself she's like you're only pretending not to listen to me because you don't want to

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  • drat
    5 years ago

    Hi vaas!!
    My mom is kinda like that too. i hope you can get help :(

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  • Pumpurrnickel
    5 years ago

    Calm your autism.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      5 years ago

      I AM AUTISM REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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  • Obblop
    5 years ago

    Take your victim-card and run with it. It will likely be your only path to self-sufficiency.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      5 years ago

      good idea

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    • RoseIsabella
      5 years ago

      Are you being sarcastic? An inability to understand sarcasm, or rather a tendency to take things literally is a trait of autism. It seems you have inadvertently helped.

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  • paracetamol
    5 years ago

    Rillllllllllllley

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      5 years ago

      REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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  • kelili
    5 years ago

    Those films they've made about people with autism is what is making everybody believe they can diagnose someone. It seems like whatever you do she is determined not to accept this fact. Shewants her child to be like every other child. And her friends aren't helping.

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  • bigbudchonga
    5 years ago

    I think she just doesn't want to believe you have autism bro.

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  • paracetamol
    5 years ago

    That you vaas?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      5 years ago

      yes and my mum is still being a BITCH

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      • paracetamol
        5 years ago

        Reeeeeeeeeeee come back to the chat. I miss you

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          5 years ago

          i got banned i have to wait for this account to get enough karma to get in chat again reeee

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          • paracetamol
            5 years ago

            Udi has made it so we can give a selected users only two upvotes in a day.

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            • Anonymous Post Author
              5 years ago

              gay

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          • paracetamol
            5 years ago

            Cheeky

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