and I felt awkward in groups and didn’t know what to say or how to stand or what to do with myself. entering a classroom was very intimidating I felt everyone was looking at me. in family reunions in Florida, where I do not live, I would not engage with cousins my age, I would prefer to stay with the adults. yes, I had my group of friends outside of school for about 3 years but they were friends of the family that were introduced to me. at first I thought maybe I had ADD because I struggled in elementary school and found myself daydreaming a lot. I was extremely timid, had only classmate friends but in high school I was lonely. I remember as a little girl being happy and playing, but then things started to change in elementary – middle and even more high school. I was the very fragile, quiet and scared girl. my brother was very social but very hyperactive, among other stuff. As for me, I always thought (and even my mom) said it once, that she and I would not have expected my brother to be the one with the mental illness but rather me.
when my brother had his first mental crisis, he had episodes of psychosis and while he was getting treatment throughout the yrs he had these 2 diagnosis. their is a lot of stigma in the latino community when it comes to mental health.
my brother has Asperger’s and schizoaffective disorder, it was diagnosed in his college years, he used to receive speech and OT therapy when he was a little kid in school but my mom didn’t follow up after. Hello! I was wondering if I should get evaluated for Asperger’s.
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