I’m posting here again. I went to see a psychiatrist and told my situation with my husband’s behaviors. My doctor told me what I’m experiencing is very likely so called “Cassandra Syndrome” suggesting my husband is a high functioning autistic.
Does anyone have the same experience as me?
“Many neurotypical, or “ NT,” women who are married to men with undiagnosed ASD have a common experience. They begin to realize that their partner is neurodivergent. When they try to explain to others what their life is like with an autistic partner, no one believes them.
The phenomenon has become known as Cassandra syndrome, a reference to the eponymous priestess from Greek mythology with the ability to see the future, but who was cursed by Apollo so that no one would believe her prophecies. “