Y'know, growing up, I observed a weird phenomenon in my life. After about a year of knowing a new circle of friends, I would get kicked out or excluded from that space. I had always understood it as, that's about as long as I can pretend to be a normal person before I accidentally show one of my more unusual or annoying traits.
Now, #actuallyautistic has given me the tools to understand that these are the moments I would let my masking guard down. When people sense I'm ND, they split.
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