Victory dance

Hello,

I'm just posting as I have had a really amazing experience that I just want to share.

So, I'm newly diagnosed with autism, ADHD and language disorder associated with autism (It's the same as developmental language disorder its just I have autism as well). Most of the people around me have been very supportive but my brother seems to think that just because I got an education, my problems and feelings aren't valid.

I made a post yesterday just to give people more of an idea of my conditions and explain how they affect me and my brother had a really bad reaction to it in which he called me ungrateful, compared my trauma to his as a way of disregarding my trauma and then told me to stop complaining.

This response affected me greatly but I woke up to the best response I've ever experienced.

My family, including family I did not expect to care, stood up for me against him. Basically telling him to shut up as he should be supporting me through this experience instead of shutting me down constantly. Telling him comparing trauma is unacceptable because trauma affect everyone differently so what doesn't bother him can still bother someone else.

I didn't expect this response so now I'm giddy.

Remember, you can be grateful for what you have and be angry at what you don't, these feelings aren't mutually exclusive.