I told Sister #1 today. She was trying to convince me that I don't have it. "You're too normal to have Aspergers," she says. Really she just doesn't understand it.
I tried to tell Sister #3 as well. She seemed more supportive, but I can never really tell with her. Here's the thing with Sister #3 though. She recently found out that her boyfriend has Aspergers. But he's not the one who told her about it and he's really sensitive about it. She's been trying to figure out a way to get him to tell her, but results are a thing yet to be seen.
Sister #3 is kind of the reason I found out I had Asperger's though because after she found out about her boyfriend, she handed me a list to read off to her (while she was driving) so that she could compare and contrast characteristics to confirm him as an Aspie. The list prompted me to do a little more digging and I thought, hmmm, this sounds a bit like me. But it's not a thing I was ready to admit, so I asked for a second opinion from my mom. Mom told me that she'd suspected it for a while. I was pretty upset that Mom had never told me about this before.
Anyway, back to Sister #3. Since I had just found out, I figured, Hey, what if she used learning about my Aspergers to prompt her boyfriend to tell her about his Aspergers? I was trying to be helpful, but I still don't think she believed me. I haven't really talked to her since.
Maybe I should get a diagnosis. After all, how is anyone going to believe I have Aspergers if my own sisters don't believe me?
Maybe I should get a diagnosis. After all, how is anyone going to believe I have Aspergers if my own sisters don't believe me?
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