I grieve the childhood I could have had if I had gotten the support and love that I needed

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i grieve my normal development. bt the undiagnosed autism, depression, and trauma my brain never stood a chance. i have jealousy issues bc wym you haven’t had to suffer brain damaging levels of trauma your entire life and we get judged by the same metrics. one time i trauma dumped and it validated my fears that people would be nicer to me if they knew my trauma. one woman told me she thought i didn’t deserve my spot in school until she heard what i’ve been though. like oh 😧 it’s so isolating

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Nah man I woulda been boring as fuck

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I was literally poisoned by my doctor and the fda. Look I am so made and going to find a lawyer. Look up singular if you want to know

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I grieve what my teenage years could have been socially, but I don’t really grieve my childhood, as I was fortunate enough to have a loving family. I really feel for the neurodivergent folk who didn’t even have that though

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Less that and more I grieve the loss of support, the loss of love, and the pain of the horrible bullying and abuse. My neurodivergence was not to blame.

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highschool would have been a lot more fun

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I don’t grieve my childhood bc I was too young to understand I was different. I do however grieve my teenage years that I never got to enjoy. But I’m kinda going through a rebellious teenage phase rn

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Nope

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Weird take but yes- my brother has a severe level of autism on the spectrum disorder and I often mourn the childhood I could have had with him, I wonder what it would have been like to speak to him without barriers- the connection we have now is perfect as is… but the things I would give to speak with him where he and I can fully understand each other.

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no- i only have adhd so the biggest impact was academic but medication fortunately has worked well for me. i think having a brain that functions differently has been of benefit to me and i wouldn’t change a thing abt it. as for the people who raised me, i wish a lot of things were different and can only imagine how much more i could’ve done if they were more stable

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