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cosmogyros · 1 month ago

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Any other autism-spectrum folks have NT friends repeatedly ask if you're "okay" in social situations? I'm sure it's sweet and well-intentioned, but it often feels like yet another reminder that I'm failing at "performing normality" to an acceptable degree. I have no idea how to act in order to convince people that I AM okay :/

#autism #actually autistic #i went out with some people recently #and one of them asked if i was okay / if i'd gotten tired of masking / if i'd felt overstimulated #and don't get me wrong it was in a very caring way and i was also touched that she kept me in mind like that #but another part of me just feels... so tired. like here's another thing i have to figure out how to handle #do i just keep being myself and telling people that i AM fine (even if they apparently don't believe that)#or is this something else i'll have to learn to mask about?#'behaving in a way that convinces my NT friends their autistic friend is doing okay'?#god it's fucking exhausting #people are always like 'we love difference!' until they see you actually being different #neurodiversity #cosmo gyres #personal

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