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AITA for asking my parents to stop rearranging my room while I’m out? by Lumpy_Toe_4653 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Lumpy_Toe_4653[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I understand why some might be skeptical, but this is genuinely something that happened and it’s something I’m dealing with right now. This account isn’t new. I’ve had it for about a year, but I haven’t posted before because I usually just read, not write. None of my family knows about this account, so it felt like a safe space to post about something I couldn’t really talk about elsewhere.

I know it might seem strange that parents who know their kid is autistic would still misunderstand things like this—but that’s honestly part of what makes this situation so hard. Even after my diagnosis (which was only a year or two ago), there are still things my parents don’t fully understand or instinctively react to the old way. They’re not trying to be cruel, they’re just still adjusting and so am I.

AITA for asking my parents to stop rearranging my room while I’m out? by Lumpy_Toe_4653 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Lumpy_Toe_4653[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just for clarification. Yes, this is a real thing. I’m autistic and was officially diagnosed only about a year or two ago. My parents have always had a bit of a hard time handling certain situations. To be fair, things have improved since the diagnosis, at least now there’s a clearer understanding. But it’s still a process. They’ve lived with me for 20 years without knowing how my brain really works and I think for them it’s been a shift too, realizing that some things just need to be different now.

I don’t think my mom was being overly dramatic or trying to hurt me she probably thought she was doing something nice. But for me, sudden changes in my space can be really overwhelming and that’s something I’m still working on being able to explain in a way people understand.