One of the most exhausting parts of autistic communication is being forced to defend yourself against an intention you never had.
You say something literal.
Someone assigns a hidden meaning to it.
You clarify that you didn’t mean that.
And somehow the conversation continues as?
october is OCD awareness month. i wish for people to educate themselves on OCD and to understand that it is a debilitating mental health disorder. it isn’t just being organised and clean. OCD has taken years of my life from me and i wish people knew how awful it really is.