I’ve been denying the fact that I have Aspergers for years

I really do

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Well... why have you been denying it?

But sometimes I have been like "Is it even necessary for that person to know that I'm autistic?"

Which is one reason why I sometimes don't mention it.

I don't think I have ever denied it though.

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Because I have associated it with lesser intellect. It was conditioned for me by the society that I was in.

I always knew there was something wrong with me. I suspected a slight form of autism / aspergers was what it was. This was a thought I have had since like 2015-2021. But I have denied it.

I remember getting into an argument with my mom in the middle of 2021, about 3 months out of my medication. She said to me “I know you’re on the spectrum.....”

I don’t know what else she said. That was all I heard. I got pissed off at her and snapped about how I wasn’t on the spectrum. She then pulled me close to her saying it was okay and that her boss had aspergers. I still doubted it.

The day I posted this thread was when I actually asked her. She hugged me and told me it was okay, as I cried.

My mom’s judgment is best. She works in a field to take care of autistic people / people who have Down syndrome and can easily tell the signs.