Current Events > Do u think this reddit post on an autistic person 'breaking character' is real?

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I'll quote the bulk of it.

"So my girlfriend has a younger sister who has cerebral palsy and autism and although she's very smart she can't really support herself fully and will probably need help and guidance for the rest of her life.One day though my girlfriend told me how there was 3 instances in her life where her sister basically "broke character" and told her how "she was stuck and couldn't get out" and that "she was "trapped and needed help desperately". Her sister talks in a very specific kiddish and cutesy way, she's very innocent and too this day (at 19 years old) talks to her stuffed animals like as if they are real. During the 3 times where she "broke character" my girlfriend told me her sister spoke in a certain desperate and adult tone and made a face like she was scared for her life and literally the next second her face would change and she would go back too the way she was before and my girlfriend told me it would be like her sister didn't remember what just happened moments before. Too this day it scares her and makes her wonder what if her sister is trapped in a "childlike" state and sometimes has moments of clarity? I'm not sure. But when she told me I could tell it was serious and she has never brought it up ever since because of how much it creeps her out."

What?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0933d158.jpg

Sounds like a creepypasta

Reddit = 100% absolute truth
:)

That sounds like a horror story.

Tldr

I don't believe most reddit stories like this, like everyone else.

I do have an autistic son and he's 9. He still does a few "child like" things which are borderline unusual but not unheard of. I mean, he's not in middle school yet so I don't even worry about it at the moment. He suffers anxiety if he doesn't go to bed with his favorite baby blanket he's had forever, and I think he still pulls his pants and underware down to his knees when he's peeing, for example.

He's not going to "break character". He knows he's a little different, even if he doesn't talk about it. He actually only recently realized this year that he's not on the same "class track" as his younger brother. He started sobbing when he noticed his kindergarten brother started the year with 20+ classmates and he was only in class with maybe 10 other children.

I'm annoyed how many times the post used "too"

Does the sister happen to have a son? A good looking son with an easy smile?

Are you sure it's not them internalizing something they've seen on television? They could have seen a scene from a movie/show and somehow subconsciously internalized the character as their own.

TodorokiHayato posted...

Are you sure it's not them internalizing something they've seen on television? They could have seen a scene from a movie/show and somehow subconsciously internalized the character as their own.

Its fake, not to mention offensive.

report OP and move on