DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works to Autism@lemmy.world · edit-25 months agoIt's not an official diagnosis, but now I understand SO muchyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkIt's not an official diagnosis, but now I understand SO muchyoutu.beDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works to Autism@lemmy.world · edit-25 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoI have this problem where I call out the absurd “normal” things people do and say to me when people do or say them and they stare back at me in utter confusion.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI just wish someone had told me “your vibe is your tribe” about thirty years ago
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoFor 44 years I was certain I did not have a tribe, and I was just a shitty person
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThe self doubts haven’t gone away, just the doubters.
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoYeah, that PTSD from people treating us awfully is a tough one to overcome. Especially when they deny the existence of our trauma. Thanks mom and dad.
I have this problem where I call out the absurd “normal” things people do and say to me when people do or say them and they stare back at me in utter confusion.
I just wish someone had told me “your vibe is your tribe” about thirty years ago
For 44 years I was certain I did not have a tribe, and I was just a shitty person
The self doubts haven’t gone away, just the doubters.
Yeah, that PTSD from people treating us awfully is a tough one to overcome. Especially when they deny the existence of our trauma. Thanks mom and dad.