Neurotypical: "So why do you do that/act that way?"
Me: "Because it makes me feel ____ in that situation and because it's just how my autistic/anxious brain works"
Neurotypical: "oh ok"
*then proceeds to get frustrated with me for not behaving or thinking like them*
Me: "Because it makes me feel ____ in that situation and because it's just how my autistic/anxious brain works"
Neurotypical: "oh ok"
*then proceeds to get frustrated with me for not behaving or thinking like them*
Comments
They have no business telling us we're the weird ones.