My Mom Refuses to Understand My Condition

oh yeah. my parents know very well i have adhd and depression, but they really won't give me any leeway or accomodations for my issues. everything is just because im lazy, or i don't exercise, or whatever. when i initially told them i was depressed, they wouldn't believe me til i attempted. it led to a habit of me hiding things until i came out and they insisted on therapy. i dont know if their intention was to change my mind, but it definitely changed theirs-- at least about my transition. i think the best way to go about this is to consult a professional. my personal experience has showed me that they really don't want to listen to their children, never want to do research, they just need to hear it straight from a professional.

When I was in 3rd grade I had a crush on a boy but he was deaf so I tried my best to learn to sign. Honestly just ignore her if your to old to be punished and pretend you can't hear her until she agrees to learn signing❤️

My parent's issue is that they have a lot of my conditions, and they don't understand the ones they dont have. My dad doesnt understand my physical symptoms and thinks that my symptoms of ADHD and depression are just normal because he also clearly has undiagnosed ADHD and depression. My mom is somewhat the opposite but she doesnt experience chronic fatigue either and it seems like the only time she understood it was while she had it while recovering from covid but she's seemed to completely forgotten. Either way all of my symptoms are worse than my parent's so it's really frustrating

❤️if you need to talk my parents do the same thing

Also, my dad was like this with my brother and his diabetes. He refused to learn about it and how to be responsible. It must have stung for my brother because especially early on when he was still learning the ropes too, it could have been literally life or death, but my dad would make me responsible for him and say I was "bailing on him" if I left him with my brother. Bs. It's gotta be so frustrating for when your mom is like "oh I totally get it" but later acts with total stigma

Maybe she wants to be in denial because she knows if you have something, it could be genetic, and so that means she very well might have it too.

Have you tried to bring your mom to a doctor? To have a doctor explain all this to her? If a medical professional explains this to her, she might have a better time accepting the facts. Some parent's ego makes them unwilling to listen to their child. (This is coming from me, an 18 year old.)