you don't realize how much being left out has effected you until you realize you're scared to participate in anything without someone inviting you to join in
unlearn shame. all forms of shame: unemployment, illness, vulnerability, longing, desire, errors, failures. you do not need to feel ashamed of what you are experiencing or living. freedom and shame cannot coexist.
Autistic person here, people think I’m antisocial but I’m not. Solitude is how I recover from masking, constant noise, and being overstimulated. If I don’t get enough time alone, I don’t just get tired I completely shut down.
One of the darker and underdiscussed parts of having autism is how it can take years, because of delayed social processing, to fully grasp the extent to which people mocked you to your face, how often you were cast aside for being yourself, and seen as barely human, all while you
One autistic superpower is unintentionally charming others; people think you’re dropping hints or flirting, when in reality, you’re just being literal. For example: I might stare at someone’s mouth not because I want to kiss them, but because I’m lip-reading to make sure I’m hearing correctly. Or when I say, "What beautiful hair" or "Your hands are beautiful" I’m not flirting; I’m just saying exactly what I think.
Believe me, I don’t know how to flirt. If I actually try to flirt, it never works