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>It makes me think that autists are like killer whales. Cute but can be lethal.
That’s exactly what gets us Adhds hooked. We are terrified of rejection, of criticism, humiliation, we got crazy traumas from that as kids usually. So we learned very quickly how to spot assholes and our radar for spotting social danger is super accurate. And then, an autist shows up. And it’s like an anomaly, a paradox. Because on the surface, they are so blunt, so harsh, and our asshole radar should be firing alarms. But it doesn’t. So we get curious, extremely curious, our chase for dopamine begins and we want to know more we need to know more. And we find a hidden gem, a heart of gold, literal treasure in the flesh hidden way underneath. We find someone who had gone their whole lives cast aside and misunderstood by everyone, yet had such a big heart the entire time. Literal jackpot.

>How does she handle her diagnosis in different areas of her life?
Good and bad. In work, it’s good because she mogs everyone with her efficiency, she is an absolute work horse. Bad because no one respects her and exploit her kindness, they automatically assume she wants to keep working other people’s workloads, and they don’t bother socialising with her at all because they never assume she might just be too shy to ask to be included. Fucking dumbasses she works with.

She struggles to know how to make friends, especially female friends. She overthinks how to handle friendships or doesnt know when they actually begin.

And it affects her sense of danger too. She has a mindset of ‘it hasnt happened, so that means it will never happen’ and can sometimes wander into bad situations.

She handles it well overall though because she asks for advice and whenever she makes a wrong turn, she focuses in on what went wrong, quickly learns what to do, and adapts. Another autistic quality I admire. Once she adapts and overcomes an obstacle, it’s a permanent adaptation and she evolves.

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