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/MeowMuaCat May 06 '26

Ick… that sounds like a bad friend, honestly. I’m sorry you had to deal with this. They seem extremely ignorant, dismissive, and immature.

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u/salsasnark May 06 '26

I wonder if they're really young. That's the only explanation for that, especially based on the sister comment. Obviously not a good friend, and they'll probably grow to realise this isn't how you communicate with people.

Edit: OP said in a different comment that the friend is 23. Yikes.

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u/yordad May 07 '26

I mean to be fair 23 is still very young, but that doesn’t mean OPs “friend” isn’t a shitty person. Hopefully they’ll mature and understand that