So, I found out I have Asperger's...about three hours before my parents went on about how 'mental illness is a copout'...
Growing up, I was deemed gifted (took some tests, had differing classes etc). Admittedly I was pretty intelligent for my age. Keyword being WAS. I lost a lot of that interest in 3rd grade and ended up being taken out of my gifted class. Fast forward 20 years later. Just out of curiousity, and per recommendation of my friend who has autism, I decided to check it out. Turns out I have Aspberger's Syndrome (which believe me, answers a LOT).
Moving on. My brother has been dealing with a bunch of shit too, and a couple weeks back, his therapist diagnosed him with clinical depression. My parents went on a rant to me when I got home about how "he doesn't have depression" "that kind of bullshit is a cop-out he's just lazy" "etc etc we're ignorant 50 year olds". I still haven't told them I have Aspberger's. Not going to.
