No way! I thought it was a documentary!

Kidding aside, yup.

Yes, but with that added layer between both.

These are the hardest discussions I currently have real life. The scale is different.

I think you found the double empathy issue.

And yes it’s not an issue between NT and ND groups, but between them.

I still have this issue on a daily basis with people that have known me for decades. It is the little things, and one side can get angry easily thinking the other is kidding or doing it on purpose.

Sorry, but croc on a micropenis does not rhyme.

I agree, women are savage to each other, men either don’t notice or don’t care mostly. Ofc there are some idiots

She might not even be dumb.

Hm. I see where you’re coming from. Currently I am really oversensitive regarding this topic because it quickly slips into the ‘It’s not so bad’ and ‘just pull yourself together’ territory.

And to be fair, sometimes that is right. But in general it leads to masking, breakdowns and burnouts which I experienced.

Hence the sensitivity.

I think this possibly makes sense for a Spectrum in general. I would also never want people to treat me over sensitive, either, so there we go.

Being able to communicate was always a great thing.

You can’t, yet.

And that’s what makes it suck even more.

It’s like with all people you just needed to believe that their suffering is real until it was provable. They never got an apology to having to suffer through being blamed as faking illness. And yes, even if faked or just subjectively bad, what’s the point? Why should they make it up?

As an example: I was blamed by my neurologist of faking and whining and a mrt proved I have multiple sclerosis. Yay, I win… I guess??

The point being: this is /autism. If you’re going to blame, just leave. Even if not everything has to be about neurodivergence, here it is.

Apologies for reacting this pissed, but my (energy) spoons are all spent because it’s Friday and was hell of a week to cope but that’s probably also something everyone has to manage…

In general, yes. I remember that research which showed autists do not forget negative experiences like neurotypicals do.

As always, yes, it can be similar. But the intensity and scale is in absolute overdrive.

Like comparing a paper cut to being slashed by a katana. Or something.

No. Autism is a different development of the brain, hence there is no ‘fix’ or drug, as can be read in medical literature.

Indeed, this conclusion is that they are being remixed for Germany (of course not always).

We don’t like (added missing word lol) being able to understand voices then getting deaf from the next action sequence.

And you are correct. It’s also one of those mainly US things. In other languages it’s far more balanced with voices.

Well maybe not mortared but like stuck or you need extra tools to loosen them so the task requires some extra effort and you feel like someone is actively sabotaging you and at some point I give up and put it back.

E.g. Make doctor’s appointment / clarify something medical.

Your doctor is on vacation though, the replacement is not helpful and requesting you go somewhere else and on the end you need to go in a clinic for a few hours. Wish this was made up.

I have… A system? One???

Lol

This is so far from the point it suggests that it gets worse and worse but each of its own has more than enough different challenges.

Thanks. My point being whether or not this story is even (neutrally) autism related and it seems rather not so much.

Well turning off worked, but 27 minutes later the emergency services turned me back on.

Thanks.

Horrible story which I don’t want to read not to weigh myself down too much (as an Autist with empathy in overdrive) so I have to stupidly ask: where’s the link to autism, it being posted here? Thanks.

I can’t be bothered to use workarounds if they can’t be bothered to make it readable world wide on the world wide web.