I’ve told my parents about my mental health issues

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I have finally told my parents about my ptsd and other issues. Probably gpong to go to a psych ward because of self harming behavior i will expand upon this in a later post. It feels nice to finally be free of the burden and the lies. Also fair warning next post Will be disturbing

I hope all goes well. Did you parents know that you are on the spectrum? Just curious.

It is good to unburden things that have been kept hidden.

Sounds like your step-mom was gaslighting you. I believe most of these disorders are result of childhood traumatic events anyway. Emotional manipulations. Emotional sensitivities. What you describe sounds like your brains defense mechanism. Just try to separate your self from such toxic triggers.

My Dad did not know rhat it was happening to him, but he would keep switching moods as if he was entirely different charachers from one mood to the other, and it was caused by the medication he was on. He would notice the way the reast of us were becoming distant to him because of his unexpected mood changes and he would think that we were plotting something against him somehow. The doctor did not accept it was happening, as if he had accepted it he would have been blamed through not paying enough attention to my Dads medication, and when my Dad became suicidal and my Dad had asked for his doctor as he refused to speak to anyone else, and the police contacted his doctor, his doctor refused to come out.
This all hppened in the last few years of his life.
One thing though about my Dad. He never lied except to play a prank. If his version of events was different to how it happened, it was because his interpretation was different. It was not because he lied. His word was his word.
While I am almost sure that if I am on the spectrum my Mother is as well, I am wondering if my Dad was to some extent?
But there again, I am at the level where I had done so much of my own simple research about autism through trying to understand what it is and how I think etc, to try and figure out if I can be on the spectrum, that I no longer know what a neuro typical person actually is anymore!

Everybody, in my opinion, has something “wrong” with them.

I’m not sure if you should go to a psych ward.....but I don’t know you. But it’s possible that you could benefit from outpatient psychiatric treatment.

It doesn’t seem like you physically harm others—and that’s majorly good. You don’t destroy things. You only harm yourself.

It certainly seems as though this stems from a deeper source. Perhaps you suffered as a child and this is your body's way of dealing with it. I am glad you have found the courage to be open, but be warned in case the cause of your potential suffering decides to use this against you.