"You think too much"

Has any one else here ever has that exact phrase said to them on multiple occasions in their lives?

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  • I'm with Dawn on this one. I've been told I make others "head/brain hurt", I'm over-analysing, reading too much into a thing, pedantic, making things more complicated than they need be, and so on. What really got me was the line "over-thinking" SO MUCH SO that I spent years trying to work out why someone would say that/ After all, thinking gives me great joy. It keeps me safe, it makes life better. At some point, I would respond with "I just don't think you're thinking enough". Until it made sense that what Over Thinking actually means is "rumination without resolve".

    Non-Autistics might not actually have the ability to make connexions and engage in proper analysis. OR they might not care, after all, it doesn't serve the NT population to appear contrary...