And one of the things she says she appreciates about me is that I am willing to explain various things from my perspective and life experience on request (currently, she is curious about meal planning and budgeting) without either telling her how she is supposed to do things or making her feel bad by telling her how she "fails at life" by not being capable of doing some <neurotypical thing>.
Considering how often she mentions this, I am quite disturbed at the behavior of, apparently, quite a few of my fellow neurotypicals. I mean, is it really so hard to explain stuff without being judgmental about other peoples' lives and life experiences? Is it really so hard not to be a dick about things when we encounter people with a different perspective on our own? 😒
@actuallyautistic#ActuallyAutistic#AuDHD#Friends
Talking about isolation and not having many irl connections, throwing in my 2 cents because I've been dealing with this myself for years, especially when my burnout was at its worst. I found that my biggest barrier, personally, was my insecurity upon losing the ability to mask the way I used to. It's hard to be outgoing when you've been taught that your affect is inherently wrong. I'm completely rebuilding my confidence from the ground up
@maiamaia@Vincarsi@actuallyautistic be kind to yourself. Yes #autisic people can communicate differently to non autistics. Different not wrong. Find your community. Find people who appreciate you. We can sometimes be like foreigners in a place we have always lived. Different culture. Not wrong.