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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have either of your parents actually been diagnosed with anything? [/quote]

No diagnoses- would be near impossible for either of them to agree to testing. But there are a few things that have pointed me in this direction, for example 1) my teachers (starting in middle school) would sometimes ask me to explain to my mother why requests she made of them or certain actions were not socially appropriate, 2) sometimes when I describe events from my childhood to therapists, they describe one of my parents as acting narcissistic or cruel- but I think it often stemmed from a well-intentioned but very black-and-white/rigid way of thinking. It’s hard to explain to my therapist that the intention was almost innocent, rather than the opposite.[/quote]
So, it is entirely possible that your parents are just bad people.  They probably aren't autistic. They may or may not have some personality disorder, again unlikely. You really need to stop trying to assign them a diagnosis that they do not have in order to explain away whatever issues you have with them.  [/quote]

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