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autumnoakes · 12 days ago

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man i'm once again remembering the one time i tried to join an autism support group for adults. it wasn't a good experience

i was told to not drop out of college because i'll make more money with a degree. meanwhile one of my largest concerns was the fact that i'm not sure if i'll be able to work at all

there was one person in particular whose advice was "go to therapy" and then he got mad at me for not taking it (for many reasons)

i left because one person called a boss "narcissistic" and a mod got PISSED at me when i asked her (in what i thought was a polite way since i was extremely nervous about it) to not use that word in that context

it seemed like a huge echo chamber in a way. a lot of us weren't really learning from each other and while i do think it benefitted me somewhat, i also think that they could have done better

#there was a rule that didn't make a lot of sense to me #and for the record for the narcissist thing i was ready to take the slap on the wrist and stay #but i had said that i was questioning the fact that i was npd myself (still unsure) and the mod went off #about 'creating a safe space for everyone' (meanwhile making it actively hostile for me)#and a different mod hoped that the original person's workplace was now 'npd free'#and at that point i just left. i didn't want to see the fallout of that but i hope that they eventually realized it #i would offer my help and advice and get asked. a lot. of questions. it was overwhelming #i couldn't actually bring myself to join a meeting i was a discord server/group chat person only #i think at first i had a conflicting schedule? and then i just Didn't Want To #it would have been too much for me to actually attend those #the unfortunate part was that it was one of the few active support groups for my region #when i got my diagnosis my assessor gave me a small list of resources to check out #most of them are inactive 🙃 one i might check into again since they did have a LOT of support #i just don't know if i'm the kind of person they're aiming to support or if i would be taking a spot away from someone who needs it more #vent

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