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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Binette@lemmy.ml to c/autism@lemmy.world
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Edit: I was as to negotiate with the ones organizing the meeting to schedule for another day. I may have been panicked because I stopped Prozac for a while. I'm really sorry for lashing out like that, and thank you for your understanding.

I'm trying to get my diagnosis. Due to my parents not accepting me receiving mental healthcare, I had to do everything in secret.

It made my life so much easier when I finally got Prozac. I could finally sleep. Little to no obsessions or intrusive thoughts. I also stopped having pica.

But I can't get a diagnosis in most places without involving my parents. Until I found someone who could give me one.

Thing is, if I miss tomorrow's appointment, I can no longer have another chance at it. The health system is clogged and all.

I had everything planned out. Told them I was going out and all. But now, I can't, because our basement got flooded and I have to stay in order to help them.

I know this is what I get for wanting the best of two worlds: my parents' support and getting behind their backs. But I just didn't want to keep suffering anymore. I just want it all to stop.

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[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I am 19 years old.

I understand how the flood thing doesn't make much sense, but I can't get out. If do something that is wrong to them, I have high chances of getting kicked out. Paired with my inability to get a hold of how things work and be more independent, this would just end up in a slow suicide.

I'm old enough to not need my parents consent, but they have to know everything. If there's something I don't want to talk to them about, they will take great offense to that, and that might result in me getting ostracized, or kicked out.

I know there are other opportunities, but for some reason, it doesn't feel like it. I never should've stopped Prozac to save a couple bucks lmao.

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oh well shit then, just don't tell them anything about anything. Make an excuse to leave the basement nonsense (which isn't your responsibility because you didn't cause it, I assume), go get tested, receive your diagnosis, get you medications, and don't say a fucking thing to your parents. Make a plan to get out on your own and live your own life. It's brutal out here, but we're free.

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what kind of excuse I can make. They really like to say that some things have to be done now, even though that isn't the case. It has ruined several of my actual outings to the point that my friends no longer trust me to respect my word on when I'll show up. They don't want me out? I don't get to go out. And that's usually the end of it. Or we argue, and the result is still the same.

[–] valkyrie@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Maybe you can say you promised a friend you would help them with something important and it will only take an hour or two.

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