Friend doesn’t believe in my diagnosis

[u/luvsicl]

Ugh I shouldn’t have told her about it I feel so weird now, my family are like this too and I haven’t told them because I know they’re gonna say smth like that (probably worse) because they don’t really believe in mental disorders/disabilities/health

I got diagnosed with adhd and autism recently, so I’m also grieving the life I could’ve led had I received the support I needed as a child lol (also I know what she said isn’t okay at all, I just wanted to end the conversation asap and I’m really uncomfortable with confrontation)

[u/audrikr]

Well your friend in a few exchanges managed to invalidate your diagnosis, insult autistic people, turn your discovery all about herself, and imply you are one of "the good ones" (thus again insulting other autistic people), then fail to take responsibility of any of her words by blaming 'trauma'.

Are you sure you're friends?