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The life of despair is too much to bare
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I was born, and diagnosed autistic at age 3, and didn’t discover that until I was 11. At first I was in denial, but over time, I realized that.. I was not able to force myself to have full conversations with others. I noticed others were seemingly turnt off from my presence. They would either look away from me, or degrade me.
I am surprised that no one knows I have autism in my school, perhaps I’m so good at masking myself. But nonetheless, some of my social failos slip out and people can detect those failos and assume I’m weird, an asshole, or untrustworthy.
What most people misunderstand is that when autists start shutting down, they assume it is weakness, when in actuality it’s over stimulation.
It makes so much sense why I dislike school, an environment with bright lights, loud noises, and annoying gen z brain rot kids screaming “bbl drizzy” or whatever irrelevant trend they can think of.
And growing up I’ve never had a supportive family, I had to deal with family even ostracizing me because they thought I was weird, and being around them made me feel like absolute shit, so I retreated to solitude. That’s when I understood that most events leading up to my position aren’t my fault.
I am surprised that no one knows I have autism in my school, perhaps I’m so good at masking myself. But nonetheless, some of my social failos slip out and people can detect those failos and assume I’m weird, an asshole, or untrustworthy.
What most people misunderstand is that when autists start shutting down, they assume it is weakness, when in actuality it’s over stimulation.
It makes so much sense why I dislike school, an environment with bright lights, loud noises, and annoying gen z brain rot kids screaming “bbl drizzy” or whatever irrelevant trend they can think of.
And growing up I’ve never had a supportive family, I had to deal with family even ostracizing me because they thought I was weird, and being around them made me feel like absolute shit, so I retreated to solitude. That’s when I understood that most events leading up to my position aren’t my fault.
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