• JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    21 hours ago

    Or my mom trying to cure my autism with a gluten free diet and trying to prove my incompetence to everyone (including my primary and high school) even when I explicitly asked her not to. Definitely better than your example, but I’m really looking forward to fucking off to college and hopefully never returning home.

    • dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      19 hours ago

      Definitely strains of my stepdaughter and her son.

      I don’t know if/where he is on the spectrum, though there’s definitely a dash of undiagnosed bipolar with a heavy dose of self medication now. But as a kid, his rage issues were attributed to a WIDE variety of causes:

      • autism
      • oppositional defiance disorder
      • ADHD
      • gluten allergy
      • some sort her doctor ordered during her c-section
      • etc

      Ignoring that most of it stemmed from abandonment issues with her. She only paid attention when he had a meltdown, so he very quickly figured out that it was the surefire way to get something from her.

      All so she could feel less guilty about being a miserable parent. Yay.