Should I lie to the assessor?

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Thanks everyone - I wasn't expecting so many replies!

Yes, my parents (in particular my dad) have always been a little obsessed with me being 'normal'. The person that used the word 'ashamed', I agree that is what it is. Especially with regards to my mental health. When I first told my parents I had depression and anxiety about two year ago (but I had been receiving treatment for about a year before then and had definitely been suffering for years earlier than that), he demanded that I tell nobody else, like it was some kind of dirty secret. And then proceeded to tell me that I don't need anti-depressants and when I insisted I did, he changed tack and said they don't work. :S

Just to be clear about my age - I'm 21, so a pretty young wedded adult.

Skibum, the psych did ask me to type up a list of things that I have difficulty with that relates to Asperger's, and your answer kind of gives me a platform to do that. I will go ahead and buy the book. I have heard of it but haven't read it.

Thank you everyone for your opinions, gives me a lot to think about. Also sorry to hear that some of you have also had difficulty with your parents when it comes to diagnosis.

Wow, that is young to be married.

I sent you a pm, check it out.

I'm ashamed there are still people who think of think mental illness (or autism) as a stigma which should be denied and kept secret. That really is the worst possible, most unhelpful, attitude to have.

Actually if you look around the world that is average and by some standards even old.

I checked my inbox, but I don't appear to have a message from you.

That's weird, I actually sent you two. But either way it's okay. I tried to send you a link that would be helpful to you but then after I sent it I tried to click on it and it seems to have been removed from the internet so I was not able to find it again. I sent you the second pm to apologize for the first with the link that no longer seems to work. It was a source to get Tony Attwood's book but you can find it on Amazon or in a reputable bookstore.

Yeah, I know about the young child brides in places like Ethiopia and in Gypsy cultures and other cultures. That sort of thing does not sit well with me at all. I understand it's their culture and I am not going to go and criticize them for it but I don't have to like it or think that it's right. But I do know some girls who were married at 17 and 18 and they have done great so if Maddycakes found the perfect guy and it works for her I think that is totally cool.