socializing, digital, mental health
"when someone disagrees with you online and demands you prove your point to their satisfaction by writing a complete and logically sound defense including citations, you can save a lot of time by not doing that
bro, i've known you for twelve seconds and enjoyed none of them, im not taking homework assignments from you
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you dont actually have to participate in intellectual discourse any time some fucko on the internet tells you to"
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autism, socialization, neurodivergency
"conversation is one of the most difficult things for me as an autistic person
over time, i've become very good at masking my autism
and i've learned some strategies that see me through most conversations
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scripting
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all of this masking, mirroring and processing in real-time is exhausting.
in the moment, i feel alert, engaged and like im a fun person!
i feel like i might even be charismatic!
it makes me feel good about myself
but it takes a heavy toll
prolonged periods of contact send me into autistic burnout"
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neurodivergence, autism, society
"if autism isn't caused by enviromental factors and is natural, why didn't we ever see it in the past?"
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