Published on 12, July, 2020
So I am finding people very frustrating. When you talk about your day to day struggles (because they ask) and people respond with “oh I’m like that too!” Or “isn’t everyone like that? Oh I must have autism too” and I’m just like what is going on with the world??? Anyone else had these issues with people????
Yes! Or even worse: "You're not that autistic though." I might look like I'm coping, but they don't see the effort it takes to mask or the meltdowns I have when I'm at home!
A new one: the other day, someone tried explaining autism to me and quoted someone they knew of who was autistic. I said, "I'm on the autism spectrum too," to which they replied, "Ah, but trust me - you're nowhere near as far on the spectrum as her... you don't even seem autistic" (he repeated this several times). I had to explain that it looks different in everyone, but I was gobsmacked that he really thought he knew more about me than I do!! Some people are very ignorant.