when i'm mad from my perspective but i can also see their perspective so now i’m carrying double the emotional weight and being eaten away by my anger and empathy
when i get anxious for no reason i know it’s because my parallel in another dimension is engaging in a skirmish of some sort. i channel my energy in these moments to give him the fortitude to be victorious
The secret to being a private person is to overshare dumb shit so that people think you’re an open book but then not tell them any of the important details of your life
being autistic is pouring yourself into trying to be thoughtful and kind, then finding out none of your intentions mattered because people decided what you meant without asking.
A lot of neurodivergent people are playing catch-up on life skills nobody taught them, while the same people who didn’t teach them are asking why they’re behind
ADHD can seem fun and quirky until you’re too ashamed to reconnect with people because you haven’t had the mental space to reply for 6 weeks, and now the guilt and fear of being judged is too much.
Me to every partner I’ve ever had: The most important thing in a relationship for me is that you protect me. I’m really stupid but nobody knows because I’m really good at faking it. It’s hard to explain.
Me at age 35: Autism? No no doc you must be mistaken-
lots of kids live in unfathomable suffering and have been taught the only possible relief from that suffering is by being Labeled and thus Treated and Cured. they desperately want a diagnosis because they want suffering to end. ableists interpret this as them “wanting to suffer”