Diddly Old Fart

@autismunicorn@autistics.life I find that even though people know you are #neurodivergent, they don't know enough about it to make you comfortable. The only people I am truly comfortable with is family members who are also #AuDHD. Those who are not expect you to adapt to them rather than them trying to accommodate your way of thinking.

@paulywill Big bang theory

@autismunicorn@autistics.life 2/2 My wife asked me once, if I am so uncomfortable with strangers, why do I sometimes go to a bar and engage in conversation with people I have never met? My answer is that everyone craves social contact at some level, and that the fact I have never seen them before, and probably never will again, somehow makes it easier to interact with them. It reduces the stress by a huge amount for me.

@autismunicorn@autistics.life 1/2 Unfortunately, masking, while very stressful, is a necessary part of dealing with the #neurotypical people out there. Even with masking, so many of us are socially awkward, or just cannot socialize at all.

@MeidasTouch@mstdn.social now if only trickle up worked!