Telling a teacher I am an Aspie

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My English teacher got upset in class on day and apparently, she had tried to kill herself has a teenager. It was after a conflicting drama with friends, other friends dying, and friends being abused. I'm not exactly sure how it came about, but the next thing struck me.

While all of this was happening, her parents brought her to multiple psychologists. They slapped a trillion labels on her and I can relate to that and I kind of want to let her know that she's not alone. We are at kind of level terms in a relationship, not just as a teacher. Should I tell her my experience or not?

flip a coin, heads you tell her, tails you don't. Only do it once.

It depends on what you expect from telling her.

It would not help her. Maybe she would feel more responsible for you, or your presence would trigger her memories. Both would cause her more stress and make you an outsider.

Anyway, if you need special help in the class, you have to tell her or get along without her help.

I would not tell her unless it is necessary to get some kind of special assistance with her class. Just because she has experienced difficulties, it does not mean she is able to see other peoples' difficulties as something other than personal failings.

Also, those things she experienced are associated with mental illnesses, not Aspergers. It may cause her to see Aspergers as a mental illness and treat you differently in ways you might not like.

You can tell her you have been mislabled by professionals who should have known better and leave at that. Let her make or not make the next move.