u/IdyllicSky54

I have been struggling a lot after receiving my diagnosis (32 yo female). It has made sense of my entire life. It has also uncovered so many painful memories for me and I feel very alienated from my family. The more I try to open up about my healing process and moving forward, they seem to be uncomfortable. Tonight my brother told me “it makes us uncomfortable that you’re clinging to a label and we don’t know if you’re autistic. I just broke. It feels like all of my vulnerability these few months has been taken advantage of. The weight of feeling alone in this is so heavy. Have any of you struggled with this?