#i am rude when i can't mask or convince myself to relax and unmask

[a-hollow-forest]

actually on a similar vein i hate how if people go 'um this kind of sounds like a symptom of a neurodivergency actually' to explain less than stellar behaviour people come out in droves to be all 'HOW DARE YOU SAY NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE ARE [insert value judgement version of common symptoms (eg. lazy - executive dysfunction)]' and it's like?

for one, you're the one saying that symptom makes them 'bad'

and two. some of us do have that fucking symptom! it's part of the diagnostic criteria a lot of the time!!! it's the reason we empathized with that person you're vilifying in the first place and asked that you take a step back and ask yourself if you're truly being fair to them or just speaking from a place of hurt!

we aren't the ones saying autistic people are 'rude' because your maybe-autistic-but-unconfirmed boyfriend didn't respond to your social cues the right way. you're the one saying the only possible reason for that symptom is rudeness despite it possibly being something they either can't change or have never had appropriate guidance to change!

fuck you! :)))