Absolutely True 👌

Questions I have for neurotypicals:

1.) Why do you talk on the phone on speaker in front of everyone?

2.) Why do you listen to your vids w/ others around at full volume?

3.) Why do you talk so much in the morning when others are waking up?

4.) How can you talk w/ music playing?

lolll

neurotypicals be like "why do you look so mad" and im like. im not? and then i remember im supposed to be performing Happiness like a court jester

The Swaddle

‘Masking’ for Years Can Leave Autistic People Confused About Who They Really Are

"When you’re acting all the time, you tend to get confused between the character you’re playing and yourself."

This. So much this. I spent so much of my life mimicking the very conservative bigots who surrounded me, trying to "fit in," and it took so many years to figure out who I really am. Hell, I'm STILL deprogramming myself and learning to unmask.

When you’re in sensory overload but no one will leave you tf alone

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