Who is/was/has been your biggest cheerleader through life?

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1. Myself probably

2. My mom! She’s the best.

3. My two best friends, who I met in secondary school. I feel like they’re both friend equivalents of soulmates.

   They have taught me so much, never judge me for my struggles and always support me anyway they can.

4. My dad. He’s never tried to control or influence what I do in life, he’s just always been happy for me and whatever decisions and paths I’ve taken as long as I’ve been happy too.

5. My little brother, and my wife.

6. Pains me to write this. Until she was healthy, my mother. She’s physically alive, but I’ve lost my mother.

   Now my biggest cheerleader is my best friend.

7. My grandma. I miss her every day.

8. My mom and my brother.

9. My dad, he’s been amazing!

10. MYSELF.

11. My mom and sisters.

12. My mom & dad. Especially my dad. He was always constructive, he pushed me hard, but he was incredibly supportive of my ideas. He knew my potential and pushed me to achieve it. I talk to him daily about business and life. He’s turning 70 this year and it’s just a reminder to really cherish every moment I have with my parents.

13. My father was for ever. When I started dating my husband he took over that role of always encouraging me, cheering me on, helping me to push myself outside my comfort zone. Both were great influences in my life

14. After my mom died and before I met my husband it was my little sister

15. My dad. He amplified the good and made me feel like I could power through the adversity. He supported my choices and didn’t shield me from the lessons some of them provided.

16. Myself. I can’t rely on anyone but myself to get shit done. Any/every one else in my life always has something negative to say or look down upon me for, so I have to be my biggest cheerleader.

17. My mom, hands down.

18. Myself

19. Myself. I’ve never had any healthy stable dependable person in my life.
    Now a days though my spouse is 💯❤️

20. Me, I wouldn’t call it cheerleading…more like stubborn unwillingness to give up and die.

21. My parents. They’ve always believed in me no matter what and supported me in whatever I wanted to do.

22. My mum and then me.

23. Probably my mother. Both of my parents are really supportive of me but she has been the one who helped me to get an autism diagnosis, who took me to my medical appointments, helped me successfully apply for SSDI, and helped me to accept who I am as a person. She also supports me in my work-life (when I have a job as I am currently jobless). I also have these “late-night talks” with her where we have really deep conversations usually in regards to my mental health or my job search.

    My father helps with stuff too but he isn’t as accepting of my being autistic. He does help me apply for jobs and helped me create my resume. He supports me in my work-life (when I have a job I don’t have one right now) and we share some of the same interests. We watch tv shows together and I put up with his information overloads about rock music my mother doesn’t put up with it. Part of me wonders if his dislike of my autistic traits and being autistic is because he might also be autistic but just never got a diagnosis because it doesn’t affect him enough for him to have needed one in the past.

24. My dad. He’s my biggest supporter and also holds me accountable to my failings.

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26. NoOne not even me, myself