Hello! Sorry for the late mega last week. How are my disabled comrades doing?
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I am being driven mad by my autism once more. I ask my friend why they've done something, they say 'idk sorry.' I say it's not a problem, I'm trying to understand. They provide no actual explanation just tell me that if something is bothering me then I should tell them. It wasn't bothering me! What's bothering me is how you can do something regularly and when asked why you do it you just say 'idk'
Thanks for providing a place to air this frustration, I love you all
feel this very much. the way my questions get taken as a way to argue or express judgement instead of as a genuine attempt to understand is one of the most painful and frustrating parts of my everyday life.
even through carefully composed text, even here where so many people are also autistic
I genuinely hate conflict and don't like to argue; it's hard to express how upsetting it is to be misunderstood as argumentative regularly.
Neurotypical communication is so frustrating. I'm sorry that you have to deal with that... I also get misunderstood a lot, and it makes me want to give up on saying anything to anyone, because why bother if they're not going to understand it anyway...
same
for some strange reason, I keep waking up with the urge to try again! 🙃🤦