so horrifically in touch with everything I’m bad at, every way I just do not fit what other people expect
tell me you know that feel, please
I understand the feeling of not fitting into other’s expectations, but I still haven’t been able to find a place to get tested so I can’t share that exact experience. I’m so sorry it’s making you feel worse.
thank you ❤️❤️❤️I’d share the link for the person I went to, who is totally online but I think only for patients in Ohio, so probably not helpful to you
if you (or anyone else reading this) are in Ohio and would like the info, please DM me, I’m happy to share.
I really hope it gets better for you somehow.
Ugh, yeah I’m not in OH but thank you. Do you mind sharing how you went about finding them? Like was it a complicated process?
just searching for neurodivergent-friendly therapists and happened upon one who did autism assessments through this directory
Thank you! I’m definitely going to check this out
hope you find someone as lovely as I did. she really was as compassionate and kind as anyone could possibly be, it’s just a difficult subject to probe
Highly, highly relate. It feels like I’m always searching to find someone who feels this way. Like in the context of social events, I will always be the one person at the event trying to find the other person (or people) who are also looking as lost as myself. But I truly never can
This thought has been there as early as elementary school basketball tryouts and persisted throughout the entirety of my pathetic existence
I will always be the one person at the event trying to find the other person (or people) who are also looking as lost as myself
!!! so much this. I definitely try to find the other leftover weirdos to befriend, and it is not necessarily a reliable strategy, but it’s better than hanging with the normies
it’s why I’ll probably never entirely give up cigarettes – they’re just too useful as a social crutch, which I desperately need
basically the only way I have made friends in my life is spotting the other weirdos and being like hiiii i’m weird too let’s be friends :)
and it’s worked so far lol
I need to unlock this role
this is great advice, this strategy has also previously been effective for me
guess I need to be out in more situations where I might run across other weirdos 🤔
Sounds like I ought to pick up cigarettes
do not recommend, I’m a genuine freak who can take them or leave them, I’ve fucked around with them for decades but have never been a daily smoker, which is exceedingly rare. they ruin most people’s lives.
weed is just as good a crutch and less horrifically harmful
