I was likely 'misdiagnosed' with autism, and autistic/neurodiversity community made me feel even more unsupported and unheard.

For me, I was seen as having my problems in the first year school and the teacher suggested my parents to take me to see a psychologist. They're well-off and the psychologist would have never thought I'd be possibly abused especially how they even take me to see psych. Neglect is the most modern world kind of way where parents both go to work and left the child in front of TV, little interaction happened, then an overcontrolling dad who would beat or insult me for every little mistakes I made as I grew up.

The treatment didn't really help until I go and live on my own the first time and my behaviour changes, it's like I just absorbed Social things normally now. (Almost sounds like Romanian orphanage story I've read, only that I went out much older and no good family was around)

I feel bad for your situations too, and tbh I don't know where else I could direct. But I find it hard to go forward because being mislabeled has been such a big part in my life. I feel wronged, but with no one to blame on except my own.

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