i got diagnosed with autism in 2009/2010 and my family basically said no, and then i pretty much never went back to that psychologist, and then never talked about it ever again

in the past few years loads of people have immediately assumed that i am neurodivergent and it has been startling

i'm 34 in february and i cannot explain to you how mashed up my brain feels sometimes, being denied support and having to enter patterns of crisis just to get help has affected me deeply

not really sure what else to say but if i had kids and they asked me for help, comfort, and acceptance, i would fucking give it to them