My autistic family member is hard to be around
A family member, he's 24 but intellectually around 6 or 7. They can be very sweet but for the vast majority of the time they're just so much. Threw a cricket ball at my head today in the pool. Tried 'hugging me' in the deep end even though I said I'm not a strong swimmer and it scares me, and it feels like I'm going to drown. Just want to float in the pool and relax, but no. We HAVE to play a game. I either play the game, leave the pool, or have to listen to them asking me to play the game for 20 minutes straight getting increasingly more aggressive and violent when I keep saying no. So you leave the pool.
Coming into the lounge while we're watching a movie, putting on his laptop and laughing hysterically. We ask him to watch quietly but nope, just not possible. "Please watch quietly we're trying to watch tv" "Fuck you bitch".
Them sitting in a car that's 120 degrees, because they can't understand that lunch is still 3 hours away. And that we are not, in fact, going out. We never were. There's the ensuing 2 hours of your life trying to get this adult body with a child's brain to get out of the car that they're going to die in if they stay there.
Throwing tea towels on the gas stove
It's tough when family dynamics involve differing abilities, and it's understandable to feel overwhelmed. It sounds like you're juggling a lot of emotions—there’s a fine line between the affection you feel and the challenges they present. Finding a support system might really help ease