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That's reassuring, thanks. I feel insane sometimes from the effect I have on people when I think I've said something normal. My therapist didn't ask for any examples and just convinced me I'm rude af because I'm autistic and was homeschooled, but cutting out the "rude" behaviors never helped. In fact, people started melting down when they learned I'd done that.
"You stopped doing that thing I had a meltdown over? Why are you still hung up on what a dick I was?" When they'd never told me they were a dick or that they were wrong. I thought if I apologized for something, I'm supposed to stop doing it.
I just feel like I'm not appropriate to be around people sometimes because I do the right thing and everyone still has some kind of nervous breakdown.
That seems odd to me that your therapist never asked for examples. If you ever feel like it, I'm sure people here would be happy to give you input if you're wondering how people might generally react to something in particular.