To balance things out, here's a good parenting story: My mom used to tell us "Time for dinner pause your games" and we told her "it's an online game, we can't". So from then on, she would say "Dinner is in ten minutes, finish your games and don't start new ones." If we started a new game and couldn't finish it after that, we had to quit. This taught us to budget our time as well as make compromises. Well played mom, well played.
I feel like Robin is really starting to open up and be much more transparent with us about his personal life, especially in these r/insaneparent videos, and it’s really showing me that everyone in the Emkay team are really humans and are not just machines.
What's worse is that I remember audibly groaning every time I heard Robin was the narrator for the most recent video at the given time, because he always seemed kind of aggressive and pessimistic...but looking back, I honestly get where he was coming from...
@@damienearl8302 Don’t get me wrong I love Robin and have always enjoyed his videos, but he felt the most reserved. Lexi is very open with her personal experiences, Jack always puts his full personality into the videos he hosts but Robin kinda felt like he was just reading the posts. Like you said, I see where he’s coming from retrospectively and I’m appreciative that we’re learning more about him.
About the arachnophobia one: I have medically diagnosed arachnophobia, I have panic attacks because of it. “The kids gonna scream a little” is a huge understatement. It can be traumatic for life if you surprise someone like this with spiders when their guard is down, especially if the spider touches their skin or is on their food. Its different for different people, of course, but still.
hey robin, fellow person on the spectrum here, i was diagnosed in 2020, im still a minor, and even with my diagnosis im still expected to be a normal perfect person, i tottally relate to how you were treated as a child and young adult, up until the last few years, i wish you the best, im sorry that you had to go through that
Honestly same here. I was only diagnosed in March and even though I can get a quiet room in school (severe noise sensitivity) everyone else in school expects me to be normal even though I have never been able to mask in my entire life
@@kitdoesstuff_official yesss exactly, i do at home school, and if my grades drop below a B (even if theyre a b minus) my mom tells me that "all your grades are horrible" which is really hard to keep up with and if anything goes wrong she will yell and scream at me, always get told she did so much better than me in school at my age, always compared to my sister, and the kicker? my mom has a masters degree in phycology lol, anyways thats my story, sorry if i overshared
I was lucky enough to be diagnosed with autism when I was around 9 or so. I'm so sorry you went through that, Robin. I'm glad there's more awareness around now.
@@isaiahchapman7660 no it isn't, I have autism and it's made my school life a living nightmare because others think my behaviour is weird and unnatural
I was diagnosed with Autism at 12 and diagnosed with ADHD (at a younger age, but got medication at 12). Sadly, all of my teachers would constantly yell at me for being distracted, looking different directions, not getting work done on time, not understanding something perfectly, or something else. I LITERALLY got sent to the principle's office because I wasn't looking directly at the board, yes I heard everything you said, no I wasn't looking at the dumb shit on the board because it's been the same for past 15 minutes. Genuinely, in all honesty, people need to chill out about people with anxiety, phobias, autism, ADHD, etc. Parents need to learn that privacy is deserved for everyone, whether they are your child or not, they also need to understand that not everything is their business.
pretty much my entire immediate family has either adhd or autism (or both) and this just makes me mad because holy crap i just wanna beat someone up over this
I have autism and it got diagnosed and i got rejected from my dream school immediately and my sister was undiagnosed and she got accepted Edit: stop liking this post it isn’t fun
As someone with ADHD, this pisses me off. I still hate my 4th grade teacher, she wouldn't stop yelling at the class, and I felt personally attacked. If it weren't for the aide in the room, I don't think I would have made it through the year. Entire reason I'm on anxiety meds on top of my ADHD meds.
My parents were/are REALLY big into the "we don't care if our kids hate us so long as we raised them to be functional adults" so now they have two adult children who hate them and can't function because of all the trauma.
Besides, I feel like those are the types to say they don't care if you hate them, then when you cut them from your life, they're like "Why won't you caaaaallllll?!"
I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 7 and diagonosed with Autism when I was 12. I had to spend every living moment in primary school letting people call me stupid awkward or annoying. I'm really glad that you opened up about this Robin. I feel you and you've made soo many people feel better. Keep going strong!
My aunt was one of those people who demanded to see my grades at the end of every semester. If I didn't do well enough, she would refuse to drive me back to school (I had no car, and no license at 18 because no one bothered. Dad was dead, mom was an addict. Aunt was kind enough to take me in instead of put me back in the system again). It gave me so much anxiety, that it drove me crazy. All sorts of nasty side affects for my mental health. Que three years later - got really sick of it, and was complaining to my best friend about it. Her response? "Come move in with me, and pay cheap rent because I know you have no support!" Saved my life. My best friend is my family - all my best friends are. I haven't talked to my real family in like...3 years... Couldn't do it anymore after 2020. I am happy now....for the most part - I just lost my job, so I'm sad AF right now).
@@superpotatogod reminds me of the story about the dad that sent his daughter to an all girls school as a punishment...for being gay. (Or bisexual, I cannot fully remember rn)
My mom refused to buy me school supplies. It's not the worst I've had to deal with, she's done a lot worse stuff. (Even though I'm at the top of my class extremely healthy and studying to go to a top university.) So after school one day I went to a shopping centre on a bus and bought MYSELF school supplies with MY OWN money. I get home after taking two buses and she is going ballistic over how I bought with my own money school supplies. (And for more context the ones I had, she gave them to my little brother who started FIRST grade recently. And does not know how to read or write and definetily doesn't need my pencils or erasers or highlighters.) Mother, if you see this. When I move out I will not speak to you. And I'm not gonna be a trophy of how you "parent good". And if you attempt somehow to make me your trophy like I just said, I will publicly announce all of the trauma that you gave me plus ignoring my mental state.
I have a friend who parents always told him “we can look through your things because you are our child you don’t like it get your own place, and pay your own bill!” Now at the time we were little kids and as we grew older and got jobs his dad wanted rent money on his first paycheck, about 300 dollars a month so he thought he could lock his door...nope, dad took door off because it’s still thier house not his, whelp to get his door back he went naked in his room and wanked himself to MLP stuff clear as day until they let him have his privacy
As fucking idiotic as the parents are, your homie is an absolute chad, and I actually laughed. They say that Karma's a bitch, but depending on the situation, seems like it's exactly what some people 'his parents' deserve.
Hey Robin, I feel you, I am 19 years old, diagnosed with autism at 18, before then I constantly questioned if there was something wrong with me. There’s nothing wrong with being autistic, it doesn’t mean you are broken, it just means you were put in a world that wasn’t designed for you, and that’s not your fault. Live your life, being yourself, all of us support you and think you are hilarious in these videos!!
Bro kinda same like how can my asshole physics teacher expect me to focus with the class always yelling and him always yelling and my headphones being dead, and all the stimulation makes my vision start to go blurry then he claims I’m not paying attention.
I don't know, looking at a lot of people nowadays crying about how the world should be more "inclusive", maybe that's not case, maybe we are broken. You know how it is, if one person doesn't like you. Then maybe it's just them. But if people are consistently finding something wrong with you. Maybe it's really you. It's not quirky or cool to be autistic. I always hate it so much when people say: "Autism is a super-power" or "I would not ask to be any different". They are lying. It is not true. Being on the autism spectrum is a hindrance. I want to be able to socialize as well as other people, I do not want to be bothered by some specific stupid sound, I want to be flexible enough to adapt to any kind of environment/situation. I'd imagine having those things would make my life so much easier, for example: decrease the amount of misunderstanding, being able to build relationships easier, being able to work at jobs easier. No, it is not my fault for having something like this but it is also not right to celebrate something like this. Nobody would go around applauding others for having schizophrenia, or applaud someone for having any kind of personality disorder.
@@blenderpain8249 youre saying two different things. i want to not be literally transparent and invisible to everyone else but i also dont want to be ridiculed or for my own fucking autism to be noticed and scorned. i want to live in a world where i can be respected but at the same time not be praised for having something that ultimately harms me. i was diagnosed at 2 (surprisingly considering im afab) and nobody even believes me. theyll either treat me as less than human or one of those dumbass tiktok kids who claims they got a diagnosis yesterday from Knight Suck My Titties M.D.. now you might be thinking , "wow, did this mf just say i made a conflicting statement when they themselves did???", and to answer that, maybe??? im spewing words that dont even talk
I came out to my mom at 16 and she took my health insurance away as punishment lol. she also called the cops on me for having a panic attack and her and 2 cops sat there screaming in my face to stop crying after my mom full force tackled me to the ground and knocked the wind out of me. edit: I am 24 now + living with my fiance and we are safe
One time I was in the middle of an argument with my parents I was just old enough that I was able to fight back,had started lifting weights and started boxing a few months before My Dad said “You know how disrespectful you’re being right?” I looked him dead in the eyes and replied “Ya that’s kinda the point” He went for me I went for him and after that day he didn’t hastle me about closing my door or try to do things like take my phone there was ALOT more respect from him and vice versa
Y'know, I usually do not condone violence... however, you as a child back then wouldn't have had to resort to using violence against your father to defend yourself if you didn't grow up having parents thinking it was okay to use violence on a child. Hopefully, if you have children OP, please learn from this and not make your child(ren) go through what you went through.
I dont know how to explain why but it feels so nice to have someone I look up to be open about being autistic. This channel is a comfort for me and it just... feels good. Keep up the good work :D
Regarding 6:50 - 7:21: I watched the Action Park documentary a few years ago with my family. My parents were in their mid-50s, and spent part of their childhood at Action Park. I remember the people at the end of the movie were all saying they would never let their kids do anything they did as kids because of how dangerous it was. My parents even mentioned that they shouldn’t have done the things they did regularly as kids (little things like ride in the car without seatbelts, which they were anal-retentive about with us growing up). I think the problem becomes that boomers and older generations recognize this but swing too far the opposite direction. They worry too much about their kids doing the stuff they did that they try to avoid the situation entirely. Sure, having things like Action Park or cars without seatbelts led to advancements in technology to increase human safety, but there has to be a balance. You can’t prevent people from living because you’re scared they’ll do the things you did that you regret. For those who are not familiar: Action Park was the waterpark in NJ that was notorious for being dangerous and had little to no safety regulations. People would ride the go-cart slide and purposefully run into their buddies in front of them or jumping too soon after their friends. If you ever heard of the loop-de-loop water slide, that’s from that place.
Woah. It got REAL deep REAL fast at 2:11. Wow, I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that, Robin. I'm glad everything doing better for you and I hope more awareness is brought to autism and other kinds of these things.
Sometimes I'm really glad that, even though my autism was never officially diagnosed until I turned an adult, my parents always were smart enough to just leave me to my own devices in my own room, and never tried to pry too much into my personal life, or try to impose any activities or social interactions on me. "He's just not a people person" they used to say, and that was end of the topic. Had a heavy falling out when I came out as gay, but they soon learned that a gay son is better than no son. I miss my folks.
I am happy for you. I was diagnosed with autism at 17 and since then my mother steals my personal money, forces me to do activities with other kids and refuses to let me do the studies of my choice because "you're autistic I have to make all the decisions for you because it's my role as a mother for your own good". Let her fuck off to her new boyfriend who kicked me out of the house.
They weren't exactly part of the problem that came from it, but my parents refused to get me evaluated until *very* recently, leaving me to just assume I might've deserved being othered for not being...normal, like the people around me So I get how it is
Lol my mom told me somethings wrong with me because I read too much when I was 13. Apparently there's a minimum time limit for how much time a "normal" person must spend outside the house, or with friends per day. And I'm not even autistic or anxious, just kinda introverted. I definitely feel sorry for folks on the spectrum that have to deal with this bs. Ooof.
I really enjoy watching these. My mom was exactly like a lot of these, and it's comforting to know that I wasn't alone and that it wasn't normal. I was far from perfect as a kid, but when you have to witness your step father being beat with a pan, or being forced to tell your step father to leave and never come back, or being locked out of the house twice and have the cops called on you bc you go to a friend's house so you're not sleeping outside.. shit gets old. When I turned 18 I was finally allowed a job, and when I got locked out of the house a third time I was blessed enough to have a coworker who's family took me in and helped me on my feet. Fast-forward 3 years and I now share an apartment with a roommate, have a full time job, pay all my own bills, and am saving up for a car. All without the help of my parents. I'm typing this for anyone who's in situations like this to let them know that they can do it. Even if you weren't set up for success, you can still succeed. You just need to work for it. Have that independence that you were never allowed to have.
2:50 i actually felt that, didn't expect a emkay video to get so deep but man was it worth it, actually impresed you can be so "open" while talking in these videos, hope you and your team the best!
I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 10 and I had a bunch of teachers who mistreated me calling me dumb and saying I should concentrate more I'm so sorry you had to go through that Robin!
funny little story from me: my mom always used to give me extra homework, so i could learn better. I suck at concentrating, so it always took me until the evening to get it finished. At my sisters birthday, i also had to do this extra homework, and i took until about 8pm. My mom then convinced my sister that it was i ruining her birthday, and i got grounded for it. Me and my sister talked about it now, and we plan to never speak with our mother again when i am done with university. welcome to her future
So cool to see so many fellow peeps on the spectrum tell a bit of their story. I'm terribly sorry you went undiagnosed for so long Robin, we all are. As someone diagnosed at young age with autism, adhd, trauma and eventually clinical depression I know what part of it's like. I also know many people who had parents that consciously dismissed clear signs of autism, depression, etc and it f*cking sucks. Everyone deserves the help they need and I have so much respect for you for making it so far. We're all gonna make it. 💜💜
5:09 - That hit a little too close to home. You see, my mom says she loves me and won't do anything bad to me, she has yelled at me fore not keeping up my grades, having depression(wonder why), has hit me in the past because of grades and guess what? I have two friends who act like my parents, they don't do that shit as they know how bad it is and how badly it has affected me. I now flinch at sudden loud sounds, yelling, loud places, etc AND flinch at someone coming close to me quickly because I think they're gonna hit me or something. I'm 14, I can't go anywhere and have to bare these traumatic events for another four years
I flinch a lot too, was raised in a broken household and it messed me up, I know they both love me and I do too but some things can't be undone and I can't open up or trust them.
I feel you Robin. As another on the spectrum and older, its a lot but you're doing great for yourself. And for anyone else that's struggling or has struggled through growing up with it, it gets better as long as you take the time to care for yourself better than anyone outside did/has. The scars will be there, some days they will hurt and it will suck, but don't stop striving to be the best version of you. You got this and whatever you need to do to help you through the dark days, do it.
I was just recently told by a therapist, at age 30, that I probably have autism (she would refer me to an actual psychologist for an official diagnosis but I don't have the money right now) and it has been so liberating. I recently had a conversation with my mom and a misunderstanding happened and it felt so good to finally be able to tell her that there is a *reason* why I don't get these kinds of things, that my brain literally can't, and that I'm not broken but I felt broken for so long. Finally, finally, I can advocate for myself, tell people why my brain doesn't work the same way theirs does and have them understand and take this into account instead of (as a lot of people have done in the past) assume that I knew this thing I was saying could be interpreted as an insult and just refuse to ever talk to me again. Like those people can still suck it, anyway, I'm not gonna be friends with people who are like that now (if you will interpret something someone says in the worst possible way and then lock them out of your life because of that instead of just communicating and clarifying, I don't want the drama you wrap yourself in). But I have to admit I feel vindicated against all those people. They were wrong, objectively wrong. And so were my parents for 'not wanting to stick any labels on people' (read: "ADD is just children being children and parents who pay attention to stuff like that are libtards"). My parents seem to be getting better lately. I still live half a continent away from them, and don't ever want to live in that same house again. I've had too many schooldays of sitting in my room, right above the living room where my father was watching a movie at the TV's maximum volume, and struggling to study because asking to lower the volume will guarantee either the "this is my house and I will do what I want" sermon or the "you'll never be old enough to tell me what to do" sermon, and too many days of being yelled at for no reason other than that my father had bottled up a bunch of frustration from work.
3:16 I strongly feel for you man... I offer my condolences for what you were expected to be despite being unable to be so. My hope for you is that the people in your life are tolerable nowadays and that you are not overwhelmed by UA-cam and whatever else you're doing in life. Thank you for your honesty bro, you're strong. One of the best UA-camrs I've ever watched, hands down.
I've never been this angry at a subreddit. Dear fcking god...That whole "stop spending money while asking for money" is EXACTLY how my relationship is with my parents. Among other..."things". E.g: my parents weren't too happy about me...coming out. So yeah, really feeling the love of parents.
The first 20 years of your life, your parents treat you like you're their property, and the next 10 treat you like it didn't happen, then the next 15 ask when you're going to give them grandkids.
1:53 the woman i used to call my mother gave away my puppy while i was in the mental hospital and wasn't going to tell me that heart breaking news until AFTER i was out of the safest place for me to have a mental breakdown. She only told me because she alluded to something being wrong and i forced it out of her. Then she kicked me out bc i wanted to ride home with my friend bc she wouldn't give them the info they needed to contact me so i wanted to ride home with them rather than her. If someone gives away/sells your pet or belongings without your okay, they aren't worth keeping around.
as sorry as i am to hear about your experiences robin, it's always so comforting to hear about other people with childhoods similar to mine- especially having also been diagnosed relatively late. there's strength in numbers, the rest of us who're on the spectrum stand with you 💛
This video hit harder than it should have. I related to too many of these memes and I think I need to explain why, as I don't want to tell my friends, as I don't want them to worry about me, when they should worry about themselves, not me. I'm a teenager who has to live with their parents still, and have to deal with them everyday. They constantly pressure me into doing what they want me to do, never giving me any private time without barging in every 10-30minutes to sit down on my bed and stare at me, seeing what I'm doing, and if I pause to think about my work for 3 seconds, they ask me why I'm not working. I'm also certain that they don't care about me as a person, instead, they just care about my grades. I confronted my mother about this once, and she said, "oh, you think I don't treat you like a person? Fine, I'll treat you like you are only your grades". The issue is, every since middle school, she would constantly ask about my grades, yelling at me if I even had an A-. There are also many other things that my parents have done to me in the past, mainly physical and mental abuse, to the point where I've had some not very PG thoughts, even contemplating doing it with a method in hand. I don't want to go into detail, as it would take too long to write, and I don't have much time. But, I'm trying to stick with it, and currently my friends are the only anchor I have, as as I said before, I don't want to be a reason for them to worry about, when they already have enough on their plate. In case anybody is wondering, I haven't gone to therapy or visited a physiciatrist, because I need to get my parent's approval to do so. However, I don't want to ask them, as they will most certainly say that I'm just making things up, or I'm not having a bad time or having it worse. Also, I am not old enough to move out or do anything else of the sort.
I'm so sorry you have to deal with that! Try going to your school counselor, or a teacher, or another trusted adult. If you speak with your doctor or school psychologist they legally can't disclose anything you tell them unless it becomes a risk to your safety or that of others. Moreover, teachers and doctors are mandatory reporters of abuse, meaning they will contact CPS who will investigate. There are resources to help you; you don't have to go through this alone
Ah, sitting down with EmKay as I pity other people for their horrible parents and hate on their parents for horrible parentage. Just a normal wednesday. Edit: I have two autistic brothers and sometimes it’s hard watching or reading r/Insaneparents when it gets to horrible parents of autistic people. Sometimes you have to sit people down and remind them autistic people *are human beings too and deserve such.* some people just can’t handle that simple truth.
Lol my mom told me somethings wrong with me because I read too much when I was 13. Apparently there's a minimum time limit for how much time a "normal" person must spend outside the house, or with friends per day. And I'm not even autistic or anxious, just kinda introverted. I definitely feel sorry for folks on the spectrum that have to deal with this bs. Like isn't stuff hard enough already? Ooof.
A lot of people really believe that autism isn't real and that people with autism are really just trying to get treated like they're 'special' or get treated better than anyone else (for example, worm their way into a job they're really not qualified for because the government rewards companies for employing people who have certain difficulties). I've recently seen a sketch somewhere where a class of high school students get graded on a project they did and the one with the best grades gets to go to a science fair or something. So the grades are read, and a straight cis white guy has the highest score, but then we're told that now we have to add 'minority points' (don't remember exact wording) to their grade to find out who gets to go to the science fair. Among others, there's a student who gets extra points because she's both a girl and lesbian, and another student gets extra points for being black and asexual or something. The winner is a gay trans guy with Down syndrome and autism and they piled a few more things on there... even though the only thing that person handed in was a sheet of paper with "Hello" written on it. So that one definitely hints at an idea that all these 'labels' are just excuses for people to get hand-outs they haven't worked for/ aren't qualified for and such. That, and the people who don't have any of these 'disadvantage olympics labels' feel like things that they *have* worked for and deserve are taken from them, to be given to people who haven't made any effort except for telling a sob story. You also get the 'autism speaks' crowd, who are generally so self-centered that the only thing they care about is the consequences that 'having an autistic child' will have for *them* , and that's the reason why they absolutely want a cure, and try to ban vaccines and that kind of stuff. These people will often cite the fact that their autistic children are unhappy as an excuse, but from what I can see the children in question tend to be more unhappy because of how they get treated (by their own parents and by everybody else) than because of the actual effects of their autism.
@@Scarlett.Granger What would be wrong with you?? Reading a lot is a good thing, I wish I would've read more. But yeah, they already have it hard, no need to make this harder on them.
8:57 I have a really similar story to that. I was 11 years old and I had a really bad stomach ache and some weird pains. I was telling my parents, but they didn't believe me because there was a really hard exam that same day and they said I didn't study, which I did (they still think that today, even though I keep telling them I had studied). Well, at the end, when I had almost reached school (I went walking with my dad) he ended up "letting me escape"... turned out I had apendicitis and I was operated that same day
Basically the same thing happened to me, but I didn’t actually end up having appendicitis. I don’t remember exactly what it was, but I did have to get an ultrasound and I missed a bit of school. My dad had sent me to school while I had the stomachache because he thought I was fine, and he thought I was faking. He got really mad after I came back an hour later lol.
As someone who was recently diagnosed with autism and has been diagnosed with ADHD for years, I feel you It's really hard to fit into everyone's expectations, and sometimes to even exist
What's that? Mental health issues? Well do we have the thing for you! Introducing *hard drugs* with enough controlled substances, your *autism* won't bother all us normal folk! (this is a joke)
I was also undiagnosed autistic into adulthood and my entire life went up in flames. I found out about autistic burnout and while it's explained so much and helped me access support, having my diagnosis earlier could have prevented so much damage and trauma. Knowing yourself is half the battle, and people respect "X is autistic" when "X is just a bit odd" is somehow not good enough. Sending support, friend!
9:02 That literally happened to me. I was one of the best students, and school started back from the summer holidays after the weekend. I was looking forward to it a little just because sitting in the house got boring, so I shouldn't have been told I was faking, I had no reason. I started throwing up blood on the Saturday night and was told I was faking it, I didn't go to hospital until 12 hours later the next morning. She still thought I was faking it until I was told my appendix had already burst. I was in hospital for 2 weeks, and then due to complications (probably because how much damage it did) I couldn't stand up for long period, kept passing out and my lack of comprehensive motor functions were worrying so I had to go back for another 3 weeks. I was a very mobile child, but now over a decade later, I swear I'm still having side effects from it. I moved in with my father within the year because he treated his children right and not like accessories for government money.
I’m really glad that my parents are not only fine with me being a computer nerd, they support me, I’ve just started to take an interest in circuitry and they seem genuinely ok with it.
2:40 Same i was diagnosed about a year ago(am currently 18) and people are just pos in that pov. You cant learn well? No games for you... Cant help it? Not my fault/do something about it. Nothing seems to be good anytime but thats also because of my parents The main problem i have at work is that listening to someone in a situation where i hear a lot of different sounds is insanely difficult for me(auditory processing disorder) Forgot to mention, i have privacy issues because of my parents... I never had a lock on my own door. And whenever they hear something coming from my room(not even nsfw or anything) they will sometimes randomly barge in and expect me to find it ok. While they know my room is my safespot, if i want to talk to someone i go downstairs
Bro.. been watching the channel for awhile, and you opening up like this is honestly refreshing, because you’ve made me laugh in rough times and to hear about your rough times just makes it all the more clear that everyone has a life- I probably didn’t word that right
You are not stupid, Robin. You are funny, talented, smart, handsome, and awesome. I choose to spend my time listening to you because I like you. I totally understand where you're coming from though. It was rough for me at school being undiagnosed, and with a shitty abusive parent at home. Bullied at home and school. I'm so sorry it was like that for you, and the others that have commented here.
I feel you Robin. I got diagnosed with autism at 27 and everything made sense but at the same time it was sad how I was treated all my life for being "different"
I’m 16 and just got diagnosed with autism and it’s a blessing. Wish I got diagnosed a bit sooner but at least I’m not a full grown adult. Wish the best for anyone getting tested, you got this! :)
I have autism and ADHD too! I was diagnosed as a kid, but then I moved states and schools so I was no longer recognized as being autistic. The hardest thing for me is that I didn't understand a whole lot until my adulthood and even now I am still picking up on things. I hope things are going well on your end, Robin! Thanks for the laughs and the real moments, it really lifted my mood.
My brother has low functioning autism and its sometimes really hard for him to live a normal life he's 8 and hearing that someone else is going through something similar is really heartwarming. Keep up the good work man.
Robin being more open to sharing stuff during recordings and telling us about himself feels pretty nice. He's been on the channel for 2 years now (yay) and I haven't known much of him until the past month (I found out he voiced in some old fnaf animations I watched when I was younger, found out he's a writer for Illuminaughtii, stuff like that) and it's nice to see the character that makes up Robin more often instead of it all just being "react to meme". I'm watching on this channel not just for the content, but for the narrators, for their sweet, familiar, and warming voices and the personality behind that voice. Robin, thanks for opening up more to the viewers in the videos! Love your narrating and I sure as hell do love your voicing as well! Keep it up!
Quick mental health check in for everyone here. Robin’s speech seemed to hit some people a little hard & just want to make sure everyone here’s mentally alright. As a member of the Autistic Spectrum (& ADHD & pooosssibly Misophonia), I hope everyone here gets the treatment they deserve & stays strong.
As someone who has dealt with a arachnophobia/insectophobia my whole life, I FREAKING HATE how many people treat it like it's a funny thing for their amusement.
Hey Robin! I'm also on the Autism Spectrum and have ADHD as well. I have heard so many stories just like yours from friends of mine in the Autism community. I'm glad that you have become so successful and I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say you are an amazing person and don't ever change a thing about you! Anyone who says others can go suck a lemon :)
I have undiagnosed ADHD and Diagnosed Autism but since the teachers were borderline bullying me (except for Ms. Cook, you're cool) they had an expectation I had to meet, The other kids were early intervention and I was late intervention and they all knew an expectation they had to meet, so my mum (Bless her) literally plopped me out of school and it took 3 MONTHS before they said "Hey where's [My name]" and my mum is bringing heaven and earth to make my happy, nice to meet other people on the spectrum ❤️
ugh, my parents hate when i tell ANYONE but them any of my problems. i told the counselor once, sent to hospital. when i got out, "promised" to not tell him anything. yet i have a private mentor that i'm supposed to tell everything to..
My parents are so damn fat phobic. When I was 18 and started making my own breakfast I made eggs and toast...I just love eggs and toast. My parents got pissy and yelled at me for "eating two breakfasts" .......I'm not even joking. Nice to know if you go to Denny's for eggs, bacon, potatoes, and toast you are really getting your money's worth with four breakfasts.
Hearing Robin saying he was autistic gave me real feels. I'm so sorry Robin, as someone who is also Autistic (Stage 1) with ADD (Bad Attention basically, no hyper active side) I feel for ya man. I was diagnosis young and was in Special Ed, though people didn't noticed, I was often called the weird one and had one teacher abuse my mathical skills and called me stupid.
Dude, I'm sorry for you and the life you had, I'm glad you are ok now, for someone who had undiagnosed depression for multiple years because I was bullied for being "different" of others, I feel deeply sorry for you, and also you're my favorite Emkay narrator.
Everytime an insane parent mentions privacy, I remember a line in a song about a dystopia where the main singer goes; "Privacy is the cry of the defiant to compliancy".
I was floored when I heard Robin open up about his autism diagnosis. One of my biggest online inspirations and he's also on the spectrum?? I'm so happy
9:04 really hit close to home for me. I was in kindergarten and I missed a month of school because my mom said and I quote "It's just a cold. She'll be fine!" It was infact not a cold and they released me from the hospital the day before my birthday. It started a month before then.
My mom has yelled at me so much that I have social anxiety. She once said I wasn’t her daughter because I was playing video games instead of doing my work. Girl, you’ve been yelling at me since kindergarten.
As someone who only just got diagnosed with autism as well, and ADD a few years ago but only now medicated, I really relate and felt your struggle. It’s so hard and people don’t understand. You get mistreated and you think you’re broken because you keep hearing it. It takes a lot to unlearn that after being diagnosed, but at least it helps me learn more about myself and gives me new methods to help myself.
I'm late to this, but thank you for opening up about being autistic. I went undiagnosed for the first 18 years of my life and I was also massively mistreated by my family and all my teachers up until I ended up at a college after being thrown out of a prestigious school for my grades. Thank you for being so open. It means a lot to hear it and know you're not alone.
Hearing about all these different crazy parents makes me happy that I have my parents. I want to go into acting as a career, and they are trying their best to help me succeed.
4:25 With this one. I am SEVERLY arachnophobic and I tend to warn my friends/classmates so they don't accidentally scare me with spiders... then EVERY. SINGLE. TIME they PURPOSELY send a ton of spider pics to the GC and I literally can't open the chat without throwing my phone across the room. Once they sent one while I was online (on purpose) and I had a literal panic attack and had to take 3 days off school
I deeply understand where you're coming from Robin. I was undiagnosed for autism as well and I was so confused and just thought I was just that unlucky cliche kid from the movies who is naturally socially awkward and didn't fit in with anyone. Only when I found out was when EVERYTHING suddenly made sense. Now I'm in the progress of redefining my life. I love your channel bro, keep up the great work.
Damn Robin I hear you man. About the parents and the autism. I was 17 when I finally had the courage to talk to my (crazy) mother about seeking treatment for ADHD. Now I’m 19, medicated, and seeking an autism diagnosis as well. Keep your head up man, you’re not alone
12:50 robin don’t be so hard on your self it’s because of your funny videos that help me with my crippling anxiety and depression just know you are always making someone’s day somewhere in the world never forget that. Edit:I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD and these videos also help me with that too.
The post at 8:13 was me at one point. I worked my butt off to make the money I needed to pay off my $20k college loan. He was furious with me and said he paid for everything when in fact, he didn’t pay for shit. For 8 years, he was always asking and demanding me what my grades are and do I have the money for the next semester. I paid for EVERYTHING; including school supplies and classes by myself because I worked for that money while he sat on his ass and did nothing. When he said that he “paid for everything and not me”, I snapped and grabbed him by the collar and pinned him against the wall and just let him have it for being an asshole for 8 years to me. Let’s just say, we both almost went deaf that day and he stopped yelling for a good year or so because he was scared of what he did to me. Talk shit, get hit he always taught me. If your not gonna take what you say into practice, you deserve all the bad karma that will come your way. Hope no one else had a parent who was this form of a control freak
Hey man! I’ve also got autism and ADHD. I fricking get it. You’re either perfect or judged brutally. You get bullied for unknown reasons. You’re appreciated by so many fucking people. I wish you well, and I’m sorry you had to go undiagnosed for so long. You’ve got three million people here for you. Keep it up!
As someone who’s very recently been diagnosed with autism and ADHD, I relate. It’s really hard and can be debilitating. I don’t think I’ll ever get to a point where I understand and notice some things, but at least knowing helps.
I’m loving this subreddit, glad you finally got to it. Also I got ADHD and possibly Asperger’s (it’s in my family tree) and god your description of what you are called targeted me like no other, wow. Anyways hopefully we get more of this subreddit in the future!
I was diagnosed with autism at 5 years old. I got bullied a ton in school for no reason. It sucked. And my senses were always really sensitive, like I remember when the packed lunch kids and school meals kids were forced to sit at separate tables, and me, with my packed lunch, would throw up at the smells of the foods they ate, as well as always bursting into tears whenever an adult would start yelling. I remember the teachers screaming at me for always crying, and for doing different things, as well as just excluding me in general. We ended up transferring schools 4 times. It’s the sort of things like this that makes me grateful for the parents I was given, I can’t imagine how much worse it all could’ve been if I had horrible parents. And to those that are in that situation, I am so, so sorry, and I truly hope things get better for you. Maybe it won’t be right now, or next week, or next month, but it will get better eventually. Sometimes you just have to try.
man 12:18 hit different, i am sooo happy i don't have parents like these. i would be out of the house instantly, probably living with my grandparents who live in the same street.
Seeing this makes me feel sorry for everyone who had to experience anything like this. I was lucky enough to have amazing parents. And with that I hope everyone who has experienced anything like these things will get better sooner than you expect. I hope everyone here has a lovely day and remember things will get better. ❤️
Yeah my parents were decent. Not amazing but as good as a Southern Baptists conservatives can be. Honestly I am really happy to have been raised by them. Thankfully they also allow me to have my own values even when they disagreed
Holy shit. Several of these hit so hard for me. Because of a mental disability I had from an accident when I was a kid, they manipulated me and made me think I'd never be able to survive on my own. Taking my social security. Not giving me any privacy or respecting me as a person. They both literally had to die for me to find out all that was bull.
I went undiagnosed until I was 25 with my autism. Back when I was in school they assumed you were just weird and I mean I was weird but I still had issues. It would've been nice to get help earlier and it's nice that kids today don't have to go through as much of that.
Something I'll never get out of my head is that when I talked to me therapist about my mom's awful husband's, when discussing the first one I talked about how mom and him got married when I was about 6 and I had been diagnosed with inattentive adhd(add) and anxiety at about 7 or 8. My therapist told me that I may not have even had adhd and that was just early symptoms of ptsd. It wasn't confirmed or denied and while I do believe I have adhd its something that messes with me to think about. That's just one husband.
To balance things out, here's a good parenting story:
My mom used to tell us "Time for dinner pause your games" and we told her "it's an online game, we can't". So from then on, she would say "Dinner is in ten minutes, finish your games and don't start new ones." If we started a new game and couldn't finish it after that, we had to quit. This taught us to budget our time as well as make compromises.
Well played mom, well played.
parents who understand that you can't pause online games are cool
heck, my dad actually plays online games
Yknow what? That's pretty intelligent.
lucky. i get the without warning b*tching and "i simply don't care, get off"
Now that's pretty good parenting
That's actual good discipline lol
I feel like Robin is really starting to open up and be much more transparent with us about his personal life, especially in these r/insaneparent videos, and it’s really showing me that everyone in the Emkay team are really humans and are not just machines.
And each and every one of them is damaged in some way just like the rest of us :'D
What's worse is that I remember audibly groaning every time I heard Robin was the narrator for the most recent video at the given time, because he always seemed kind of aggressive and pessimistic...but looking back, I honestly get where he was coming from...
@@damienearl8302 Don’t get me wrong I love Robin and have always enjoyed his videos, but he felt the most reserved. Lexi is very open with her personal experiences, Jack always puts his full personality into the videos he hosts but Robin kinda felt like he was just reading the posts. Like you said, I see where he’s coming from retrospectively and I’m appreciative that we’re learning more about him.
ہیلو، ٹوائلٹ ہاہاہا ہنسو یا مرو کتیا
theres so many supportive comments to robin hope he has a good rest of his life :)
About the arachnophobia one: I have medically diagnosed arachnophobia, I have panic attacks because of it. “The kids gonna scream a little” is a huge understatement. It can be traumatic for life if you surprise someone like this with spiders when their guard is down, especially if the spider touches their skin or is on their food. Its different for different people, of course, but still.
🕷 BOO!
@@Reenuld Real mature.
@@bugcatcherjacky1334 Okay "bug catcher" 💀
@@Reenuld You can read my name, awesome. Good job.
@@Reenuld You're not a funny person and never will be.
hey robin, fellow person on the spectrum here, i was diagnosed in 2020, im still a minor, and even with my diagnosis im still expected to be a normal perfect person, i tottally relate to how you were treated as a child and young adult, up until the last few years, i wish you the best, im sorry that you had to go through that
I’m also someone on the spectrum so I get it
Honestly same here. I was only diagnosed in March and even though I can get a quiet room in school (severe noise sensitivity) everyone else in school expects me to be normal even though I have never been able to mask in my entire life
Yeah, same thing here. You're not alone Robin :)
@@kitdoesstuff_official yesss exactly, i do at home school, and if my grades drop below a B (even if theyre a b minus) my mom tells me that "all your grades are horrible" which is really hard to keep up with and if anything goes wrong she will yell and scream at me, always get told she did so much better than me in school at my age, always compared to my sister, and the kicker? my mom has a masters degree in phycology lol, anyways thats my story, sorry if i overshared
Totally get this, as someone who is also on the spectrum I 100% understand, however I was diagnosed as a baby.
I was lucky enough to be diagnosed with autism when I was around 9 or so. I'm so sorry you went through that, Robin. I'm glad there's more awareness around now.
I got diagnosed when I was three, and autism is the best!
holy fuck you are so lucky undiagnosed autism almost killed me countless times
@@isaiahchapman7660 no it isn't, I have autism and it's made my school life a living nightmare because others think my behaviour is weird and unnatural
@@feritye767 I am sorry you went through that. I should have remembered other people go through different things.
@@isaiahchapman7660 Gigachad, owning up to his mistakes
I was diagnosed with Autism at 12 and diagnosed with ADHD (at a younger age, but got medication at 12). Sadly, all of my teachers would constantly yell at me for being distracted, looking different directions, not getting work done on time, not understanding something perfectly, or something else. I LITERALLY got sent to the principle's office because I wasn't looking directly at the board, yes I heard everything you said, no I wasn't looking at the dumb shit on the board because it's been the same for past 15 minutes.
Genuinely, in all honesty, people need to chill out about people with anxiety, phobias, autism, ADHD, etc. Parents need to learn that privacy is deserved for everyone, whether they are your child or not, they also need to understand that not everything is their business.
pretty much my entire immediate family has either adhd or autism (or both) and this just makes me mad because holy crap i just wanna beat someone up over this
mom killed me bro
I have autism and it got diagnosed and i got rejected from my dream school immediately and my sister was undiagnosed and she got accepted
Edit: stop liking this post it isn’t fun
@@rubikscubegaming2412 bruh
As someone with ADHD, this pisses me off. I still hate my 4th grade teacher, she wouldn't stop yelling at the class, and I felt personally attacked. If it weren't for the aide in the room, I don't think I would have made it through the year. Entire reason I'm on anxiety meds on top of my ADHD meds.
My parents were/are REALLY big into the "we don't care if our kids hate us so long as we raised them to be functional adults" so now they have two adult children who hate them and can't function because of all the trauma.
"As long as we raise them to be functional adults! *proceeds to erase their childhood* "
Besides, I feel like those are the types to say they don't care if you hate them, then when you cut them from your life, they're like "Why won't you caaaaallllll?!"
I'm sorry to hear that Jim,you should really call a lawyer or charity. If you just need to rant a bit you can use my comment,I hope you get better.
*" All children deserve a parent, but not all parents deserve a child. "* - a very wise man
**applauding sounds**
@@axxianthic *more applauding sounds *
@@martinamaggio6976 *even more applauding sounds*
@@Fox_of_the_night **so many applauding noises that it breaks the sound barrier**
*EXACTLY*
this is the definition of "why does my child never talk to me"
Facts bro 💀💀💀
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With these kinds of parents there truly is no answer to this question
I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 7 and diagonosed with Autism when I was 12. I had to spend every living moment in primary school letting people call me stupid awkward or annoying. I'm really glad that you opened up about this Robin. I feel you and you've made soo many people feel better. Keep going strong!
If people says ur weird say ur possesed by a demon and keep saying satanic things nobody will say ur weird after this 😂 (work for me)
I was diagnosed with autism at 4
I couldn't speak until I was 4 too lmao
Same man it sucks
i got autisam and ADHD too bud. its all good. dont give up man
@@sillygoofygoober74 wat is adhd?
My aunt was one of those people who demanded to see my grades at the end of every semester. If I didn't do well enough, she would refuse to drive me back to school (I had no car, and no license at 18 because no one bothered. Dad was dead, mom was an addict. Aunt was kind enough to take me in instead of put me back in the system again).
It gave me so much anxiety, that it drove me crazy. All sorts of nasty side affects for my mental health. Que three years later - got really sick of it, and was complaining to my best friend about it. Her response? "Come move in with me, and pay cheap rent because I know you have no support!"
Saved my life. My best friend is my family - all my best friends are. I haven't talked to my real family in like...3 years... Couldn't do it anymore after 2020. I am happy now....for the most part - I just lost my job, so I'm sad AF right now).
Glad you have amazing friends! Everyone needs a support system. Sorry, that lost your job, best of luck to you when searching for another.
Sorry for what happened, wish you the best
So your punishment for bad grades would be.... not being able to go to school?
Yeah, makes sense to me.
@@superpotatogod reminds me of the story about the dad that sent his daughter to an all girls school as a punishment...for being gay. (Or bisexual, I cannot fully remember rn)
@@superpotatogod Parents logic, really shitty most of the time
My mom refused to buy me school supplies. It's not the worst I've had to deal with, she's done a lot worse stuff. (Even though I'm at the top of my class extremely healthy and studying to go to a top university.) So after school one day I went to a shopping centre on a bus and bought MYSELF school supplies with MY OWN money. I get home after taking two buses and she is going ballistic over how I bought with my own money school supplies. (And for more context the ones I had, she gave them to my little brother who started FIRST grade recently. And does not know how to read or write and definetily doesn't need my pencils or erasers or highlighters.)
Mother, if you see this. When I move out I will not speak to you. And I'm not gonna be a trophy of how you "parent good". And if you attempt somehow to make me your trophy like I just said, I will publicly announce all of the trauma that you gave me plus ignoring my mental state.
That sucks man, hope you live a better life than with her. I’ll hope you do
You go, random stranger on the internet! Honestly, screw your mom. I hope your life gets infinitely better without her ^^
I wishnyou all the best
makes me feel good to see the people that start to do well even with situations like this, happy for you and I hope your uni studies go well :]
Hey, how are you doing? Are you out yet?
I have a friend who parents always told him “we can look through your things because you are our child you don’t like it get your own place, and pay your own bill!”
Now at the time we were little kids and as we grew older and got jobs his dad wanted rent money on his first paycheck, about 300 dollars a month so he thought he could lock his door...nope, dad took door off because it’s still thier house not his, whelp to get his door back he went naked in his room and wanked himself to MLP stuff clear as day until they let him have his privacy
Fucking scorched earth policy. xD
Christ
oh…
As fucking idiotic as the parents are, your homie is an absolute chad, and I actually laughed. They say that Karma's a bitch, but depending on the situation, seems like it's exactly what some people 'his parents' deserve.
@@doomguy9458 Hello, it is me, Jesus Christ.
Hey Robin, I feel you, I am 19 years old, diagnosed with autism at 18, before then I constantly questioned if there was something wrong with me. There’s nothing wrong with being autistic, it doesn’t mean you are broken, it just means you were put in a world that wasn’t designed for you, and that’s not your fault. Live your life, being yourself, all of us support you and think you are hilarious in these videos!!
Bro kinda same like how can my asshole physics teacher expect me to focus with the class always yelling and him always yelling and my headphones being dead, and all the stimulation makes my vision start to go blurry then he claims I’m not paying attention.
@@glocknessmonster115 It sucks more when stim a lot.
I don't know, looking at a lot of people nowadays crying about how the world should be more "inclusive", maybe that's not case, maybe we are broken. You know how it is, if one person doesn't like you. Then maybe it's just them. But if people are consistently finding something wrong with you. Maybe it's really you.
It's not quirky or cool to be autistic. I always hate it so much when people say: "Autism is a super-power" or "I would not ask to be any different". They are lying. It is not true. Being on the autism spectrum is a hindrance. I want to be able to socialize as well as other people, I do not want to be bothered by some specific stupid sound, I want to be flexible enough to adapt to any kind of environment/situation. I'd imagine having those things would make my life so much easier, for example: decrease the amount of misunderstanding, being able to build relationships easier, being able to work at jobs easier. No, it is not my fault for having something like this but it is also not right to celebrate something like this. Nobody would go around applauding others for having schizophrenia, or applaud someone for having any kind of personality disorder.
@@blenderpain8249 youre saying two different things. i want to not be literally transparent and invisible to everyone else but i also dont want to be ridiculed or for my own fucking autism to be noticed and scorned. i want to live in a world where i can be respected but at the same time not be praised for having something that ultimately harms me. i was diagnosed at 2 (surprisingly considering im afab) and nobody even believes me. theyll either treat me as less than human or one of those dumbass tiktok kids who claims they got a diagnosis yesterday from Knight Suck My Titties M.D.. now you might be thinking , "wow, did this mf just say i made a conflicting statement when they themselves did???", and to answer that, maybe??? im spewing words that dont even talk
I came out to my mom at 16 and she took my health insurance away as punishment lol. she also called the cops on me for having a panic attack and her and 2 cops sat there screaming in my face to stop crying after my mom full force tackled me to the ground and knocked the wind out of me.
edit: I am 24 now + living with my fiance and we are safe
Should sue those police.
Sorry for you!
update: police are promoted to be precident
that's fucking awful.
that's horrible i'm so sorry. it's a relief to hear that you're safe now
One time I was in the middle of an argument with my parents I was just old enough that I was able to fight back,had started lifting weights and started boxing a few months before
My Dad said “You know how disrespectful you’re being right?”
I looked him dead in the eyes and replied “Ya that’s kinda the point”
He went for me I went for him and after that day he didn’t hastle me about closing my door or try to do things like take my phone there was ALOT more respect from him and vice versa
i love this, tbh sometimes violence is the answer 💖
Y'know, I usually do not condone violence... however, you as a child back then wouldn't have had to resort to using violence against your father to defend yourself if you didn't grow up having parents thinking it was okay to use violence on a child.
Hopefully, if you have children OP, please learn from this and not make your child(ren) go through what you went through.
Roses are red Violets are blue
Peace was never an option, Violence was due
@@cjofulue5218 this comment is very true
And that moment he knew, he can't own you.
I dont know how to explain why but it feels so nice to have someone I look up to be open about being autistic. This channel is a comfort for me and it just... feels good. Keep up the good work :D
Regarding 6:50 - 7:21: I watched the Action Park documentary a few years ago with my family. My parents were in their mid-50s, and spent part of their childhood at Action Park. I remember the people at the end of the movie were all saying they would never let their kids do anything they did as kids because of how dangerous it was. My parents even mentioned that they shouldn’t have done the things they did regularly as kids (little things like ride in the car without seatbelts, which they were anal-retentive about with us growing up). I think the problem becomes that boomers and older generations recognize this but swing too far the opposite direction. They worry too much about their kids doing the stuff they did that they try to avoid the situation entirely. Sure, having things like Action Park or cars without seatbelts led to advancements in technology to increase human safety, but there has to be a balance. You can’t prevent people from living because you’re scared they’ll do the things you did that you regret.
For those who are not familiar: Action Park was the waterpark in NJ that was notorious for being dangerous and had little to no safety regulations. People would ride the go-cart slide and purposefully run into their buddies in front of them or jumping too soon after their friends. If you ever heard of the loop-de-loop water slide, that’s from that place.
Woah. It got REAL deep REAL fast at 2:11. Wow, I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that, Robin. I'm glad everything doing better for you and I hope more awareness is brought to autism and other kinds of these things.
Sometimes I'm really glad that, even though my autism was never officially diagnosed until I turned an adult, my parents always were smart enough to just leave me to my own devices in my own room, and never tried to pry too much into my personal life, or try to impose any activities or social interactions on me. "He's just not a people person" they used to say, and that was end of the topic. Had a heavy falling out when I came out as gay, but they soon learned that a gay son is better than no son. I miss my folks.
I am happy for you. I was diagnosed with autism at 17 and since then my mother steals my personal money, forces me to do activities with other kids and refuses to let me do the studies of my choice because "you're autistic I have to make all the decisions for you because it's my role as a mother for your own good". Let her fuck off to her new boyfriend who kicked me out of the house.
My parents could’ve taken notes
They weren't exactly part of the problem that came from it, but my parents refused to get me evaluated until *very* recently, leaving me to just assume I might've deserved being othered for not being...normal, like the people around me
So I get how it is
Lol my mom told me somethings wrong with me because I read too much when I was 13. Apparently there's a minimum time limit for how much time a "normal" person must spend outside the house, or with friends per day. And I'm not even autistic or anxious, just kinda introverted.
I definitely feel sorry for folks on the spectrum that have to deal with this bs. Ooof.
@@XX-br5bn Oh gosh, what a crappy thing to do to you. I hope you can someday show them that the best revenge is a life well lived.
I really enjoy watching these. My mom was exactly like a lot of these, and it's comforting to know that I wasn't alone and that it wasn't normal. I was far from perfect as a kid, but when you have to witness your step father being beat with a pan, or being forced to tell your step father to leave and never come back, or being locked out of the house twice and have the cops called on you bc you go to a friend's house so you're not sleeping outside.. shit gets old. When I turned 18 I was finally allowed a job, and when I got locked out of the house a third time I was blessed enough to have a coworker who's family took me in and helped me on my feet. Fast-forward 3 years and I now share an apartment with a roommate, have a full time job, pay all my own bills, and am saving up for a car. All without the help of my parents. I'm typing this for anyone who's in situations like this to let them know that they can do it. Even if you weren't set up for success, you can still succeed. You just need to work for it. Have that independence that you were never allowed to have.
2:50 i actually felt that, didn't expect a emkay video to get so deep but man was it worth it, actually impresed you can be so "open" while talking in these videos, hope you and your team the best!
I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 10 and I had a bunch of teachers who mistreated me calling me dumb and saying I should concentrate more I'm so sorry you had to go through that Robin!
9:34 How can you have dishes done by 3 when that’s the exact time you get home? Definitely an “insane parent.”
Make a deal with Yog Sothoth so that you can have unlimited time to do whatever you want, in exchange for your mother's soul.
emphasis on insane
Parent just wanted an excuse to take their tech away
Clone yourself ig idk lol
Ikr? Why do parents expect their children to always do what they are asked to no matter if it’s possible?
funny little story from me: my mom always used to give me extra homework, so i could learn better. I suck at concentrating, so it always took me until the evening to get it finished. At my sisters birthday, i also had to do this extra homework, and i took until about 8pm. My mom then convinced my sister that it was i ruining her birthday, and i got grounded for it. Me and my sister talked about it now, and we plan to never speak with our mother again when i am done with university.
welcome to her future
So cool to see so many fellow peeps on the spectrum tell a bit of their story. I'm terribly sorry you went undiagnosed for so long Robin, we all are. As someone diagnosed at young age with autism, adhd, trauma and eventually clinical depression I know what part of it's like. I also know many people who had parents that consciously dismissed clear signs of autism, depression, etc and it f*cking sucks. Everyone deserves the help they need and I have so much respect for you for making it so far. We're all gonna make it. 💜💜
5:09 - That hit a little too close to home. You see, my mom says she loves me and won't do anything bad to me, she has yelled at me fore not keeping up my grades, having depression(wonder why), has hit me in the past because of grades and guess what? I have two friends who act like my parents, they don't do that shit as they know how bad it is and how badly it has affected me. I now flinch at sudden loud sounds, yelling, loud places, etc AND flinch at someone coming close to me quickly because I think they're gonna hit me or something. I'm 14, I can't go anywhere and have to bare these traumatic events for another four years
Call da popo
that is awful.
I flinch a lot too, was raised in a broken household and it messed me up, I know they both love me and I do too but some things can't be undone and I can't open up or trust them.
@@BigDickRand.y The CPS was involved last year but they failed to protect me
I’m so sorry
I feel you Robin. As another on the spectrum and older, its a lot but you're doing great for yourself.
And for anyone else that's struggling or has struggled through growing up with it, it gets better as long as you take the time to care for yourself better than anyone outside did/has. The scars will be there, some days they will hurt and it will suck, but don't stop striving to be the best version of you.
You got this and whatever you need to do to help you through the dark days, do it.
I was just recently told by a therapist, at age 30, that I probably have autism (she would refer me to an actual psychologist for an official diagnosis but I don't have the money right now) and it has been so liberating. I recently had a conversation with my mom and a misunderstanding happened and it felt so good to finally be able to tell her that there is a *reason* why I don't get these kinds of things, that my brain literally can't, and that I'm not broken but I felt broken for so long. Finally, finally, I can advocate for myself, tell people why my brain doesn't work the same way theirs does and have them understand and take this into account instead of (as a lot of people have done in the past) assume that I knew this thing I was saying could be interpreted as an insult and just refuse to ever talk to me again.
Like those people can still suck it, anyway, I'm not gonna be friends with people who are like that now (if you will interpret something someone says in the worst possible way and then lock them out of your life because of that instead of just communicating and clarifying, I don't want the drama you wrap yourself in). But I have to admit I feel vindicated against all those people. They were wrong, objectively wrong. And so were my parents for 'not wanting to stick any labels on people' (read: "ADD is just children being children and parents who pay attention to stuff like that are libtards").
My parents seem to be getting better lately. I still live half a continent away from them, and don't ever want to live in that same house again. I've had too many schooldays of sitting in my room, right above the living room where my father was watching a movie at the TV's maximum volume, and struggling to study because asking to lower the volume will guarantee either the "this is my house and I will do what I want" sermon or the "you'll never be old enough to tell me what to do" sermon, and too many days of being yelled at for no reason other than that my father had bottled up a bunch of frustration from work.
I am kinda glad I went through hell with my stepmom because it showed my how to never treat anyone and how to support others who also go through it.
3:16 I strongly feel for you man... I offer my condolences for what you were expected to be despite being unable to be so. My hope for you is that the people in your life are tolerable nowadays and that you are not overwhelmed by UA-cam and whatever else you're doing in life. Thank you for your honesty bro, you're strong. One of the best UA-camrs I've ever watched, hands down.
I've never been this angry at a subreddit. Dear fcking god...That whole "stop spending money while asking for money" is EXACTLY how my relationship is with my parents. Among other..."things". E.g: my parents weren't too happy about me...coming out. So yeah, really feeling the love of parents.
I'm sorry you had to go through that. There are people who support you
I always get angry with this subreddit. Tried to read it once and had to go completely offline for awhile to recover mentally.
@KonoDioDayoure too far gone
Again how is this comment 6 days ago when the video was 5 days ago and I’m sorry you had to live through that and stay strong Murk
The first 20 years of your life, your parents treat you like you're their property, and the next 10 treat you like it didn't happen, then the next 15 ask when you're going to give them grandkids.
yeah
Then they ask why you won't let them have a relationship with your children when they don't treat you like a fricken human being.
1:53 the woman i used to call my mother gave away my puppy while i was in the mental hospital and wasn't going to tell me that heart breaking news until AFTER i was out of the safest place for me to have a mental breakdown. She only told me because she alluded to something being wrong and i forced it out of her. Then she kicked me out bc i wanted to ride home with my friend bc she wouldn't give them the info they needed to contact me so i wanted to ride home with them rather than her. If someone gives away/sells your pet or belongings without your okay, they aren't worth keeping around.
as sorry as i am to hear about your experiences robin, it's always so comforting to hear about other people with childhoods similar to mine- especially having also been diagnosed relatively late. there's strength in numbers, the rest of us who're on the spectrum stand with you 💛
We might be cracked, imperfect, isolated from the "norm"...but at least we get to be here together!
Listening to this makes me really glad I have sane parents who actually know how to raise a child.
This video hit harder than it should have. I related to too many of these memes and I think I need to explain why, as I don't want to tell my friends, as I don't want them to worry about me, when they should worry about themselves, not me.
I'm a teenager who has to live with their parents still, and have to deal with them everyday. They constantly pressure me into doing what they want me to do, never giving me any private time without barging in every 10-30minutes to sit down on my bed and stare at me, seeing what I'm doing, and if I pause to think about my work for 3 seconds, they ask me why I'm not working. I'm also certain that they don't care about me as a person, instead, they just care about my grades. I confronted my mother about this once, and she said, "oh, you think I don't treat you like a person? Fine, I'll treat you like you are only your grades". The issue is, every since middle school, she would constantly ask about my grades, yelling at me if I even had an A-. There are also many other things that my parents have done to me in the past, mainly physical and mental abuse, to the point where I've had some not very PG thoughts, even contemplating doing it with a method in hand. I don't want to go into detail, as it would take too long to write, and I don't have much time. But, I'm trying to stick with it, and currently my friends are the only anchor I have, as as I said before, I don't want to be a reason for them to worry about, when they already have enough on their plate.
In case anybody is wondering, I haven't gone to therapy or visited a physiciatrist, because I need to get my parent's approval to do so. However, I don't want to ask them, as they will most certainly say that I'm just making things up, or I'm not having a bad time or having it worse. Also, I am not old enough to move out or do anything else of the sort.
Sorry to those who had read my rant, I just wanted to get this off of my chest before I lose my emotions again
I'm so sorry you have to deal with that! Try going to your school counselor, or a teacher, or another trusted adult. If you speak with your doctor or school psychologist they legally can't disclose anything you tell them unless it becomes a risk to your safety or that of others. Moreover, teachers and doctors are mandatory reporters of abuse, meaning they will contact CPS who will investigate. There are resources to help you; you don't have to go through this alone
Oh this video gives me enough anger that I actually need to sleep cause I get exhausted from all the anger
I also went three exactly that when I was a kid
Ah, sitting down with EmKay as I pity other people for their horrible parents and hate on their parents for horrible parentage.
Just a normal wednesday.
Edit: I have two autistic brothers and sometimes it’s hard watching or reading r/Insaneparents when it gets to horrible parents of autistic people. Sometimes you have to sit people down and remind them autistic people *are human beings too and deserve such.* some people just can’t handle that simple truth.
yes
fr I feel so bad for these people 😢 but yes indeed very normal
Lol my mom told me somethings wrong with me because I read too much when I was 13. Apparently there's a minimum time limit for how much time a "normal" person must spend outside the house, or with friends per day. And I'm not even autistic or anxious, just kinda introverted.
I definitely feel sorry for folks on the spectrum that have to deal with this bs. Like isn't stuff hard enough already? Ooof.
A lot of people really believe that autism isn't real and that people with autism are really just trying to get treated like they're 'special' or get treated better than anyone else (for example, worm their way into a job they're really not qualified for because the government rewards companies for employing people who have certain difficulties).
I've recently seen a sketch somewhere where a class of high school students get graded on a project they did and the one with the best grades gets to go to a science fair or something. So the grades are read, and a straight cis white guy has the highest score, but then we're told that now we have to add 'minority points' (don't remember exact wording) to their grade to find out who gets to go to the science fair. Among others, there's a student who gets extra points because she's both a girl and lesbian, and another student gets extra points for being black and asexual or something. The winner is a gay trans guy with Down syndrome and autism and they piled a few more things on there... even though the only thing that person handed in was a sheet of paper with "Hello" written on it.
So that one definitely hints at an idea that all these 'labels' are just excuses for people to get hand-outs they haven't worked for/ aren't qualified for and such. That, and the people who don't have any of these 'disadvantage olympics labels' feel like things that they *have* worked for and deserve are taken from them, to be given to people who haven't made any effort except for telling a sob story.
You also get the 'autism speaks' crowd, who are generally so self-centered that the only thing they care about is the consequences that 'having an autistic child' will have for *them* , and that's the reason why they absolutely want a cure, and try to ban vaccines and that kind of stuff. These people will often cite the fact that their autistic children are unhappy as an excuse, but from what I can see the children in question tend to be more unhappy because of how they get treated (by their own parents and by everybody else) than because of the actual effects of their autism.
@@Scarlett.Granger What would be wrong with you?? Reading a lot is a good thing, I wish I would've read more. But yeah, they already have it hard, no need to make this harder on them.
this video made me realize that i’m being abused by my conciever and
i don’t know how to feel anymore
You’re allowed to feel however you want! Either way, abusive behavior isn’t ok
Ah yes, the c o n c i e v e r
@@kj_09 she doesn’t deserve to be called my mom
@owls0ma If they don't treat you with love and respect, I fully agree. And they lose the right to be addressed as your mom.
8:57 I have a really similar story to that. I was 11 years old and I had a really bad stomach ache and some weird pains. I was telling my parents, but they didn't believe me because there was a really hard exam that same day and they said I didn't study, which I did (they still think that today, even though I keep telling them I had studied). Well, at the end, when I had almost reached school (I went walking with my dad) he ended up "letting me escape"... turned out I had apendicitis and I was operated that same day
Basically the same thing happened to me, but I didn’t actually end up having appendicitis. I don’t remember exactly what it was, but I did have to get an ultrasound and I missed a bit of school. My dad had sent me to school while I had the stomachache because he thought I was fine, and he thought I was faking. He got really mad after I came back an hour later lol.
As someone who was recently diagnosed with autism and has been diagnosed with ADHD for years, I feel you
It's really hard to fit into everyone's expectations, and sometimes to even exist
What's that? Mental health issues?
Well do we have the thing for you!
Introducing *hard drugs*
with enough controlled substances, your *autism* won't bother all us normal folk!
(this is a joke)
Real real real me fr
The appendix thing actually happened to my mom! Her dad yelled at her for missing school WHILE RECOVERING FROM MAJOR SURGERY. In the 60s!!!
I was also undiagnosed autistic into adulthood and my entire life went up in flames. I found out about autistic burnout and while it's explained so much and helped me access support, having my diagnosis earlier could have prevented so much damage and trauma. Knowing yourself is half the battle, and people respect "X is autistic" when "X is just a bit odd" is somehow not good enough. Sending support, friend!
9:02 That literally happened to me. I was one of the best students, and school started back from the summer holidays after the weekend. I was looking forward to it a little just because sitting in the house got boring, so I shouldn't have been told I was faking, I had no reason. I started throwing up blood on the Saturday night and was told I was faking it, I didn't go to hospital until 12 hours later the next morning. She still thought I was faking it until I was told my appendix had already burst. I was in hospital for 2 weeks, and then due to complications (probably because how much damage it did) I couldn't stand up for long period, kept passing out and my lack of comprehensive motor functions were worrying so I had to go back for another 3 weeks. I was a very mobile child, but now over a decade later, I swear I'm still having side effects from it. I moved in with my father within the year because he treated his children right and not like accessories for government money.
What kind of parent sees you throw up blood and thinks you’re faking it? They must be crazy
What the hell? How does a parent see you VOMITING BLOOD and says: that’s fake! How do you fake blood without causing genuine damage to yourself???
I’m really glad that my parents are not only fine with me being a computer nerd, they support me, I’ve just started to take an interest in circuitry and they seem genuinely ok with it.
Good on you 😊👍. I hope you can make a career out of something you like to do.
Robin's backstory is quite depressing
as it is in the comics
but on a serious note I feel bad
2:40
Same i was diagnosed about a year ago(am currently 18) and people are just pos in that pov. You cant learn well? No games for you... Cant help it? Not my fault/do something about it.
Nothing seems to be good anytime but thats also because of my parents
The main problem i have at work is that listening to someone in a situation where i hear a lot of different sounds is insanely difficult for me(auditory processing disorder)
Forgot to mention, i have privacy issues because of my parents... I never had a lock on my own door. And whenever they hear something coming from my room(not even nsfw or anything) they will sometimes randomly barge in and expect me to find it ok. While they know my room is my safespot, if i want to talk to someone i go downstairs
Bro.. been watching the channel for awhile, and you opening up like this is honestly refreshing, because you’ve made me laugh in rough times and to hear about your rough times just makes it all the more clear that everyone has a life-
I probably didn’t word that right
You are not stupid, Robin. You are funny, talented, smart, handsome, and awesome. I choose to spend my time listening to you because I like you. I totally understand where you're coming from though. It was rough for me at school being undiagnosed, and with a shitty abusive parent at home. Bullied at home and school. I'm so sorry it was like that for you, and the others that have commented here.
I feel you Robin. I got diagnosed with autism at 27 and everything made sense but at the same time it was sad how I was treated all my life for being "different"
I’m 16 and just got diagnosed with autism and it’s a blessing. Wish I got diagnosed a bit sooner but at least I’m not a full grown adult. Wish the best for anyone getting tested, you got this! :)
Im so thankful for my parent after watching these.
Fr
Yall some lucky people.
@@Eeok ur username reminds me of something , i forgot what tho
@@Eeok indeed. I feel quite sorry for some of the stuff i hear about in this subreddit
i was already but after this im really thankful
I have autism and ADHD too! I was diagnosed as a kid, but then I moved states and schools so I was no longer recognized as being autistic. The hardest thing for me is that I didn't understand a whole lot until my adulthood and even now I am still picking up on things. I hope things are going well on your end, Robin! Thanks for the laughs and the real moments, it really lifted my mood.
My brother has low functioning autism and its sometimes really hard for him to live a normal life he's 8 and hearing that someone else is going through something similar is really heartwarming. Keep up the good work man.
Robin being more open to sharing stuff during recordings and telling us about himself feels pretty nice. He's been on the channel for 2 years now (yay) and I haven't known much of him until the past month (I found out he voiced in some old fnaf animations I watched when I was younger, found out he's a writer for Illuminaughtii, stuff like that) and it's nice to see the character that makes up Robin more often instead of it all just being "react to meme". I'm watching on this channel not just for the content, but for the narrators, for their sweet, familiar, and warming voices and the personality behind that voice.
Robin, thanks for opening up more to the viewers in the videos! Love your narrating and I sure as hell do love your voicing as well! Keep it up!
Quick mental health check in for everyone here. Robin’s speech seemed to hit some people a little hard & just want to make sure everyone here’s mentally alright.
As a member of the Autistic Spectrum (& ADHD & pooosssibly Misophonia), I hope everyone here gets the treatment they deserve & stays strong.
❤
4:37 yeah, he'll just have a panic attack, I'm *_sure_* it wont matter! haha
As someone who has dealt with a arachnophobia/insectophobia my whole life, I FREAKING HATE how many people treat it like it's a funny thing for their amusement.
Hey Robin! I'm also on the Autism Spectrum and have ADHD as well. I have heard so many stories just like yours from friends of mine in the Autism community. I'm glad that you have become so successful and I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say you are an amazing person and don't ever change a thing about you! Anyone who says others can go suck a lemon :)
And adhd too
I have it
I keep hearing about this "autism community", but I can't seem to find it
I have undiagnosed ADHD and Diagnosed Autism but since the teachers were borderline bullying me (except for Ms. Cook, you're cool) they had an expectation I had to meet, The other kids were early intervention and I was late intervention and they all knew an expectation they had to meet, so my mum (Bless her) literally plopped me out of school and it took 3 MONTHS before they said "Hey where's [My name]" and my mum is bringing heaven and earth to make my happy, nice to meet other people on the spectrum ❤️
@@muddashucka9743 they don’t mean a specific group, they just mean the autistic people as a group/community
ugh, my parents hate when i tell ANYONE but them any of my problems.
i told the counselor once, sent to hospital. when i got out, "promised" to not tell him anything.
yet i have a private mentor that i'm supposed to tell everything to..
My parents are so damn fat phobic. When I was 18 and started making my own breakfast I made eggs and toast...I just love eggs and toast. My parents got pissy and yelled at me for "eating two breakfasts" .......I'm not even joking. Nice to know if you go to Denny's for eggs, bacon, potatoes, and toast you are really getting your money's worth with four breakfasts.
Never eat grapes, then. It might be considered 30 breakfasts all at once. Same goes for a smoothie
@@captainericvonbonbon8645 That made me laugh. Thank you! Helps me laugh when I wonder how my parents didn't drive me insane before I moved out.
@@XshinymewX thank god you moved out...
@@willowthesily672what a shallow conclusion
@@willowthesily672 How is one word make your conclusion?
Hearing Robin saying he was autistic gave me real feels. I'm so sorry Robin, as someone who is also Autistic (Stage 1) with ADD (Bad Attention basically, no hyper active side) I feel for ya man. I was diagnosis young and was in Special Ed, though people didn't noticed, I was often called the weird one and had one teacher abuse my mathical skills and called me stupid.
2:45
Dude, I was diagnosed with Aspergers when I wasn't even 6 years old. It'll happen even if you aren't diagnosed until later. Shit sucks.
Being diagnosed with something very young sucks you don’t feel different but everyone around you is different until you realize your the weird one
Dude, I'm sorry for you and the life you had, I'm glad you are ok now, for someone who had undiagnosed depression for multiple years because I was bullied for being "different" of others, I feel deeply sorry for you, and also you're my favorite Emkay narrator.
Everytime an insane parent mentions privacy, I remember a line in a song about a dystopia where the main singer goes;
"Privacy is the cry of the defiant to compliancy".
I was floored when I heard Robin open up about his autism diagnosis. One of my biggest online inspirations and he's also on the spectrum?? I'm so happy
9:04 really hit close to home for me. I was in kindergarten and I missed a month of school because my mom said and I quote "It's just a cold. She'll be fine!" It was infact not a cold and they released me from the hospital the day before my birthday. It started a month before then.
My mom has yelled at me so much that I have social anxiety. She once said I wasn’t her daughter because I was playing video games instead of doing my work. Girl, you’ve been yelling at me since kindergarten.
As someone who only just got diagnosed with autism as well, and ADD a few years ago but only now medicated, I really relate and felt your struggle. It’s so hard and people don’t understand. You get mistreated and you think you’re broken because you keep hearing it.
It takes a lot to unlearn that after being diagnosed, but at least it helps me learn more about myself and gives me new methods to help myself.
I'm late to this, but thank you for opening up about being autistic. I went undiagnosed for the first 18 years of my life and I was also massively mistreated by my family and all my teachers up until I ended up at a college after being thrown out of a prestigious school for my grades.
Thank you for being so open. It means a lot to hear it and know you're not alone.
Hearing about all these different crazy parents makes me happy that I have my parents. I want to go into acting as a career, and they are trying their best to help me succeed.
My sympathies to everyone out there with insane parents.
4:25
With this one. I am SEVERLY arachnophobic and I tend to warn my friends/classmates so they don't accidentally scare me with spiders... then EVERY. SINGLE. TIME they PURPOSELY send a ton of spider pics to the GC and I literally can't open the chat without throwing my phone across the room. Once they sent one while I was online (on purpose) and I had a literal panic attack and had to take 3 days off school
@12:00 pour out all her alcohol every time she brings any home until you've wasted $2000 worth of her booze
No smash the bottles in front of them see how they like it
I deeply understand where you're coming from Robin. I was undiagnosed for autism as well and I was so confused and just thought I was just that unlucky cliche kid from the movies who is naturally socially awkward and didn't fit in with anyone. Only when I found out was when EVERYTHING suddenly made sense. Now I'm in the progress of redefining my life.
I love your channel bro, keep up the great work.
Damn Robin I hear you man. About the parents and the autism. I was 17 when I finally had the courage to talk to my (crazy) mother about seeking treatment for ADHD. Now I’m 19, medicated, and seeking an autism diagnosis as well. Keep your head up man, you’re not alone
12:50 robin don’t be so hard on your self it’s because of your funny videos that help me with my crippling anxiety and depression just know you are always making someone’s day somewhere in the world never forget that.
Edit:I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD and these videos also help me with that too.
The post at 8:13 was me at one point. I worked my butt off to make the money I needed to pay off my $20k college loan. He was furious with me and said he paid for everything when in fact, he didn’t pay for shit. For 8 years, he was always asking and demanding me what my grades are and do I have the money for the next semester. I paid for EVERYTHING; including school supplies and classes by myself because I worked for that money while he sat on his ass and did nothing. When he said that he “paid for everything and not me”, I snapped and grabbed him by the collar and pinned him against the wall and just let him have it for being an asshole for 8 years to me. Let’s just say, we both almost went deaf that day and he stopped yelling for a good year or so because he was scared of what he did to me. Talk shit, get hit he always taught me. If your not gonna take what you say into practice, you deserve all the bad karma that will come your way. Hope no one else had a parent who was this form of a control freak
Hey man! I’ve also got autism and ADHD. I fricking get it. You’re either perfect or judged brutally. You get bullied for unknown reasons. You’re appreciated by so many fucking people. I wish you well, and I’m sorry you had to go undiagnosed for so long. You’ve got three million people here for you. Keep it up!
As someone who’s very recently been diagnosed with autism and ADHD, I relate. It’s really hard and can be debilitating. I don’t think I’ll ever get to a point where I understand and notice some things, but at least knowing helps.
10:42 ok so those Xboxes actually have a metal inner shell under the plastic so unless she was throwing it around it might still work.
I just wanna give Robin a hug. Ik exactly what that feels like, despite being diagnosed early in life
6:21 the chance of getting into nfl is still higher then that dad having a relationship with their kids
Damn I must've spent all my luck points on him
11:05
judging from the damage, and assuming the fan Is still intact and there is no water damage, I think that xbox would still work
The snake one reminded me of something I once asked for a pet snake and my parents told I couldn’t unless I spent a week in a cage
Robin talking about his background is so emotional 😭 😢
I’m loving this subreddit, glad you finally got to it. Also I got ADHD and possibly Asperger’s (it’s in my family tree) and god your description of what you are called targeted me like no other, wow. Anyways hopefully we get more of this subreddit in the future!
I was diagnosed with autism at 5 years old. I got bullied a ton in school for no reason. It sucked. And my senses were always really sensitive, like I remember when the packed lunch kids and school meals kids were forced to sit at separate tables, and me, with my packed lunch, would throw up at the smells of the foods they ate, as well as always bursting into tears whenever an adult would start yelling. I remember the teachers screaming at me for always crying, and for doing different things, as well as just excluding me in general. We ended up transferring schools 4 times.
It’s the sort of things like this that makes me grateful for the parents I was given, I can’t imagine how much worse it all could’ve been if I had horrible parents. And to those that are in that situation, I am so, so sorry, and I truly hope things get better for you. Maybe it won’t be right now, or next week, or next month, but it will get better eventually. Sometimes you just have to try.
Love how the Insane Parents videos are the PSA videos for the channel to show people that they matter, regardless of what their PSO parents say
man 12:18 hit different, i am sooo happy i don't have parents like these. i would be out of the house instantly, probably living with my grandparents who live in the same street.
I'm glad i don't have parents like THESE, but still, it makes me angry to see people have these kinds of parents :I
Seeing this makes me feel sorry for everyone who had to experience anything like this. I was lucky enough to have amazing parents. And with that I hope everyone who has experienced anything like these things will get better sooner than you expect. I hope everyone here has a lovely day and remember things will get better. ❤️
Yeah my parents were decent. Not amazing but as good as a Southern Baptists conservatives can be.
Honestly I am really happy to have been raised by them. Thankfully they also allow me to have my own values even when they disagreed
4:21 if they have enough trust and confidence to tell you, then you should honour that and be responsible enough not to be a butthole over it
3:00
Robin: **talking about his serious mental problems**
The editor: this looks like a perfect time to subscribe
Respect to all of the people (not their parents) that had to go through anything like this.
0:15
they're not evil because they used a metal straw...
*It's because they didn't put it in the middle.*
The audacity of people trying to ruin boba next they’ll make it spicy those horrible people
Holy shit. Several of these hit so hard for me. Because of a mental disability I had from an accident when I was a kid, they manipulated me and made me think I'd never be able to survive on my own. Taking my social security. Not giving me any privacy or respecting me as a person. They both literally had to die for me to find out all that was bull.
I went undiagnosed until I was 25 with my autism. Back when I was in school they assumed you were just weird and I mean I was weird but I still had issues.
It would've been nice to get help earlier and it's nice that kids today don't have to go through as much of that.
Robin, you're an amazing person and you deserve SO much more than you've endured.
Something I'll never get out of my head is that when I talked to me therapist about my mom's awful husband's, when discussing the first one I talked about how mom and him got married when I was about 6 and I had been diagnosed with inattentive adhd(add) and anxiety at about 7 or 8. My therapist told me that I may not have even had adhd and that was just early symptoms of ptsd. It wasn't confirmed or denied and while I do believe I have adhd its something that messes with me to think about. That's just one husband.
The mom stealing and selling the persons snake really hit me, now I have a fear of someone selling my snakes whilst I’m out of town