You know what sometimes it's nice to see so much positivity online for neurodivergent people. But sometimes it really sucks having to act like I'm glad about it or that if I was able that I wouldn't choose to be neurotypical. Looking back at my childhood we were bullied so much and most of the time I didn't know why; throughout our life we've always felt like we've been missing crucial information, we've spent so much time learning to mirror and mask unconciously and then sticking to it so strictly and not knowing why we were burning out so badly and needed to spend so much time away from ANYONE because we didn't feel like we could unmask in front of anyone (but we didn't even have the language for that. Just that it felt like we couldn't be safe, comfortable or relaxed around other people). I (the host) really like to make crafts and have been trying to sell them for years and years but have not met with much success no matter what I've tried and even though I've been undercharging. I make things for friends and family and everyone seems to like the gifts I make them but I never can sell the same things online. So what if they were just lying. Recently I've even seen some tiktoks about people showing videos of people being passive aggressive (and don't get me wrong, we grew up in a very passive aggressive household and had to learn to read people at an early age) and it made us panic because they seemed like they were actually being very nice. So it makes me wonder how much other potentially dangerous slips we've had like that in the past where we missed something vital. And how is it that I can be so good at reading people (especially for emotions) and also so shit at interacting or missing important subtle things? I hate getting so easily overwhelmed by my environment or food or whatever. I hate that because I probably have adhd as well that a lot of my quirks or whatever contradict each other. I hate that people don't really treat me seriously and trying to explain my issues with food just makes people think I'm crazy or high maintance or a jerk or whatever. But then they also won't respect my actual food allergy either.





















