I get the same response from my H, only he doesn't use "Phooey". It is hard to deal with. Sounds like your mom, your co-worker, and my H all went to the same medical school. It is so hard but we just need to tune them out

A while back I wondered what my parents would say today, knowing that there is a more positive way of treating kids with this disorder. I wonder if they would deny that I have it too. They would have to admit that I just wasn't bad or possessed by the devil or what ever it was they thought.