Why is everyone n my family pushing me to be independent? I’m autistic but my family doesn’t give a damn.
I mean I know I’m smart and can do so many things but I’m only a teenager. I’m so tired of my family telling me I’m a young adult now and I need to change. I need to change my attitude and stop using the autistic traits as excuses to not do anything. They kept nagging at me and pushing me to do things and leave me to defend for myself.
My older brother said, “Look (my name) you are very smart! Okay? We’ve been seeing what you can do and you can do a lot of things on your own. The other stuff like paying bills and owning a mortgage that’s something we can help you with but we’ve been watching what you can do when you were growing up. You gotta start making your own phone calls like appointments, talk to your school about whatever and that’s why we haven’t jumped in to help because you need to do this on YOUR OWN. We’ll give you advice but we expect you to stop being so damn dependent on people and find your OWN WAY. That’s why dad was pushing you HARD to get you to be independent and take care of yourself and I’m doing the same thing with my kids and so is our sister. It’s our job as parents. Grow up and stop all these whining and crying. Stop with the meltdowns too. You’re way too old for that. You’re going to be 20 in October. Act like an adult.”
Why is my family always picking on me more than the others my age. Is it because I’m autistic or act childish? Too much pressure. I was crying so hard because my family is pushing me to change and act less autistic.
My older brother said, “Look (my name) you are very smart! Okay? We’ve been seeing what you can do and you can do a lot of things on your own. The other stuff like paying bills and owning a mortgage that’s something we can help you with but we’ve been watching what you can do when you were growing up. You gotta start making your own phone calls like appointments, talk to your school about whatever and that’s why we haven’t jumped in to help because you need to do this on YOUR OWN. We’ll give you advice but we expect you to stop being so damn dependent on people and find your OWN WAY. That’s why dad was pushing you HARD to get you to be independent and take care of yourself and I’m doing the same thing with my kids and so is our sister. It’s our job as parents. Grow up and stop all these whining and crying. Stop with the meltdowns too. You’re way too old for that. You’re going to be 20 in October. Act like an adult.”
Why is my family always picking on me more than the others my age. Is it because I’m autistic or act childish? Too much pressure. I was crying so hard because my family is pushing me to change and act less autistic.
22-25, F
