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Re: Overstimmed -
December 27th 2024, 10:59 PM
Hi there! I'm not sure if you've been able to talk to your teacher yet and I know it's the holiday break right now. But I would suggest pulling them aside after you return to school in January and let them know how you've been feeling. How you've been getting overstimulated and find certain foods difficult to eat. Make note of what gets you overstimulated and what type of food you can't tolerate having.
You said you might have an Autism diagnosis and I want to let you know: there's nothing wrong with having Autism! It's 2025, we don't like in the 1930s and 1940s anymore. We're long past the era of where such diagnosis meant you got sent to live with some obscure aunt on her rural farm or to a state hospital. Disability rights have come so far since 1973 and we now have the Americans with Disabilities act, enforced in the 1990s.
If your parents react negatively to this piece of information, then that's on them. Your having Autism should have absolutely no negative impact on them and if they treat you differently, then that's their problem. You're still a wonderful human being who deserves to live a life just like anyone else.
Wishing you the best of luck. 
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