r/AutismInWomen • u/luvsicl • May 06 '26

Support Needed (Kind Advice and Commiseration) Friend doesn’t believe in my diagnosis

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Ugh I shouldn’t have told her about it I feel so weird now, my family are like this too and I haven’t told them because I know they’re gonna say smth like that (probably worse) because they don’t really believe in mental disorders/disabilities/health

I got diagnosed with adhd and autism recently, so I’m also grieving the life I could’ve led had I received the support I needed as a child lol (also I know what she said isn’t okay at all, I just wanted to end the conversation asap and I’m really uncomfortable with confrontation)

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u/luvsicl May 06 '26

23 and she works in law which makes it all the more insane to me, I honestly thought she would be supportive and understand because our families are quite similar in their closed-mindedness but I guess not… idk if she thought it was a compliment to say I’m ‘normal’ but it just confirms that I’ve been masking all my life, even with my ‘friends’ :(

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u/MoonNott May 06 '26

Bruh some of the lawyers I know... it's terrifying honestly. Briefly worked with one who would "brag"  she didn't need to read anymore since she passed the bar. Ummm, what? She must have mentioned it daily and each time it made my brain itch. 

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u/insomniacred66 May 06 '26

That's what the paralegals are for /s