Weird autism observation: 90% of the time I’m masking as hard as I can to make other people more comfortable, but the second I behave like I’m autistic or admit how difficult some things are for me, when I’m being my truest self, is when many people think I’m “putting it on”
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I’m not sure how to get around this problem: Allistic:allistic - get to know each other > both relax more > +ve feedback loops Autistic:allistic - you get to know each other > both relax more > energy-expensive mask slips > allistic reacts, autistic notices tension > -ve loopspic.twitter.com/JGKzIh675U
I know that’s a simplification, but it’s not _that_ inaccurate in light of recent research on neurotype communication. Of course I didn’t cover autistic:autistic, but I don’t have much experience of that IRL.
