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My whole life being annoyed at how I don't get on with normal people and wondering why all my friends seem to be neurodivergent, being great at any subject I care about but useless in any class where I merely dislike the teacher or subject, doing overtly unusual things in public and barely noticing the stares, and thinking I was perfectly NT the whole time.
It is a deeply absurd experience.
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.