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Mom Pushes False Autism Diagnosis For Years, Gets Shut Down In One Gaming Session
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Mom Pushes False Autism Diagnosis For Years, Gets Shut Down In One Gaming Session

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Your parents are supposed to be there for you, but when Reddit user Front-Restaurant2366 was growing up, his mom also added a lot of unnecessary pressure and confusion.

In a heartfelt post shared on r/PettyRevenge, the man opened up about the emotional toll that came with her consistently trying to convince him and everyone else that he had a developmental disorder, despite thriving in school and daily life.

Even medical professionals couldn’t get her to change her mind.

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    And getting “diagnosed” with conditions you don’t have just makes things worse

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    1 hour ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mother does this, but using religion as the control mechanism. I am actually autistic, have now got a net worth that is a double figure multiple of hers (I'm not rich, she's just not very well off), but according to her, I'm useless, incapable and need her help urgently.

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    1 hour ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    S**t like this boils my p**s as the parent of an actually autistic child. We were friends with someone who was always asking what our son was like etc, first we thought she was just interested but it turns out she was using us for information on how our son is so she could take that to a GP to get her own diagnosis, she was not autistic at all.

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    53 minutes ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, ASD is a spectrum, so it wouldn’t have been impossible for her to be on the spectrum (if you looked at me and my brother, most people would probably assume that only he has ASD (when in reality both of us do)), but the way you describe it does sound a bit off. I assume she was a fully capable, independent adult woman and ‘suddenly regressed’ when she went to the GP after she learnt more about your son’s ASD? But either way, the mom from OP’s story does have an unhealthy fixation on having an ASD child (or two, from what it sounds like about OP’s brother); in reality, I doubt she’d last a week with my brother.

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    34 minutes ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't she know there are tools like scissors especially designed for lefties? Ned Flanders had a shop full of things I seem to remember from an old Simpsons episode. Im sorry you didn't get to vetinary college but I hope you feel fulfilled by your eventual choices. She's bonkers, you most definitely are not.

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    1 hour ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mother does this, but using religion as the control mechanism. I am actually autistic, have now got a net worth that is a double figure multiple of hers (I'm not rich, she's just not very well off), but according to her, I'm useless, incapable and need her help urgently.

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    1 hour ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    S**t like this boils my p**s as the parent of an actually autistic child. We were friends with someone who was always asking what our son was like etc, first we thought she was just interested but it turns out she was using us for information on how our son is so she could take that to a GP to get her own diagnosis, she was not autistic at all.

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    53 minutes ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, ASD is a spectrum, so it wouldn’t have been impossible for her to be on the spectrum (if you looked at me and my brother, most people would probably assume that only he has ASD (when in reality both of us do)), but the way you describe it does sound a bit off. I assume she was a fully capable, independent adult woman and ‘suddenly regressed’ when she went to the GP after she learnt more about your son’s ASD? But either way, the mom from OP’s story does have an unhealthy fixation on having an ASD child (or two, from what it sounds like about OP’s brother); in reality, I doubt she’d last a week with my brother.

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    34 minutes ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't she know there are tools like scissors especially designed for lefties? Ned Flanders had a shop full of things I seem to remember from an old Simpsons episode. Im sorry you didn't get to vetinary college but I hope you feel fulfilled by your eventual choices. She's bonkers, you most definitely are not.

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