Hello Everyone,
My name is Mikey and I have Autism. As a young child I was beaten by my mother out of the frustrations that I caused and developed another mental illness called Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The splits from the BPD kept happening because my entire life has been filled with trauma. Rather than ever get me the help I needed as a child, I was forced to assimilate into your society. By nature I am a non-verbal person, my real voice is a whisper but all I ever hear is (can you speak up).
My whole life I have been hiding in plain sight because I lived in fear, and I know the events that have unfolded around me seem surreal, but keep in mind there are a lot of people in my situation.
After my suicide attempt in 2020 I was able to confide in a lot of different people about what she did to me, however everyone kept pushing me to face her. I know why she never attended anything in my life, I know why she didn't show up to any of the trials I had to partake in, shame & guilt, and I will not relieve her of those emotions, she sentenced herself to that when she went from disciplining to abusing me.
I have heard ignorance from every walk of life about people with disabilities I have even heard it from lawyers and advocates on the front lines. The world needs to stop with the assumptions that any two beings are the same. Do I appear to be the normal Marine? The normal Autistic person? What is normal?
Stay tuned for more!
Thank you,
Mikey