Should I just ignore my mom and go and get diagnosed with the

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>>18039921
I've also never had any friends outside of school and my mom hates me for it. I have around 5,000 hours in the CS series. It's fun.

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What would be the point of that ? Will that label help you in any way ?
Seems to me you're just looking for an excuse to give up. No wonder your mom hates the idea.

Stop trying to surrender your identity to doctors and just try to live the life you really want. You're human, and you're gonna die, that's all the diagnosis you need.

>>18039921
If you want to learn more about yourself, why not.

I'd say do it,I've had ADHD(now ADD) since I was in grade school and folks just brush it under the rug since my father had it he thought it was "normal".

>>18039960
with an official diagnosis he could get help, which seems to be the real goal, not the diagnosis itself

Only get the diagnosis if you want to get professional help.
Your mother fears you getting ostracized because of a diagnosis.
This is still possible, so don't lead the conversation with "Hi, I have autism!" or something, but for the most part you can live 'normally'.
If you're on the spectrum people will most likely be able to tell anyways.
Then again, I have this friend that has low-level-autism and at most you'd think he's a bit awkward at times, but still he's great fun!

As for therapy, I feel like you want some change in your life. Ask your therapist how you can connect with other people, talk about why you're not living the life you want.

Remember, your therapist is your strategist. Follow his advice and report back.
Things like tone of voice, words used, etc. are patterns. Find those patterns and you'll have a much easier time.
This is an uphill battle for you, but it's not an impossible one.

If you have any more questions, just ask. My sister and brother both have autism so I have experience.

As for convincing your mother, do the following.
Ask her to sit down with you, try to sit in a way that the edges of the table hit each other, in other words make a kind of 90 degrees angle with you two. Sitting across each other works too, but is less effective.
Make a list of arguments why a diagnosis will help : therapy, better social contact through guidance, tell her the way you're feeling right now is making you sad.
If you can't get her on board, at least you tried.
You decide how your own life is played out, just don't cut off your mom completely. You'll need her!

>>18039921
>Should I just ignore my mom and go and get diagnosed with the 'tism?
You don't want us to know if you should or not, because you ended your post with
>which is why I need advice. Arguments on how to convince my mother would help too. Thanks.

You don't sound autistic or even on the spectrum, you are just socially retarded because you weren't raised properly.
>eccentric
You literally gave us nothing to think that you are eccentric
>and lack of social awareness should certainly have raised alarms for her.
Let's check out what you call a lack of social awareness:
>I've been out of school since 16 and been pretty much a shut in
Your own doing, your mother would notice if you were a social retard

>In highschool I was suspended 3 times and asked to leave by the faculty but my mom refused it and pushed me to stay there
Autistic behaviour doesn't get you suspended

>In terms of interactions with people I've either been incredibly anxious or just acting incredibly "retarded"...
Because you were not socialised as a child
>I could never tell if people were joking or serious, so if someone told me to stand on the desk and yell shit I'd do it.
Where I'm from, we call that "weak", we had literal retards at my school and we couldn't get them to do that shit

>I've always been a very impulsive speaker whenever I'm with people I know, and the opposite for people I don't know
It's almost as if you are comfortable talking to people you have established relationships with, rather than being an aspie

>I have no problem yelling random stuff and making an ass out of myself if it makes my friends laugh
This means you have social awareness
>if I don't have anything in common with people I can't bring myself to talk or speak to them
Again, it's almost as if you are comfortable talking to people you have established relationships with

>I got taken out of classes to go into learning support and they suggested that I should be tested for autism
Schools get more funding that way

>>18039921
She's really retarded.
What if you actually have a condition?
If you do, she might have destroyed your life by refusing you the help you need to live a normal life.

>>18039960
This is the most retarded post in this thread.

>>18040876
Guess what, hiding mental problems under a rug won't fix them. It might make it worse in the long run.

Don't.
Convincing people that you are sane is so much harder than convincing them you are mad. Don't put that label on you unless you cannot function without help.
See a psychologist if you want help improving yourself.