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Autism and bluntness

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I was wondering, does anyone else on here relate to not being bluntly honest? I feel like it's such a common autistic traits that i personally do not have, if anything I've been told often throughout my life that I don't say what I actually think enough, but funnily enough I'm actually being really honest when I say I "would love to do" something etc.

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  • I am naturally quite blunt, but I've been masking a lot for a long time and softening my language is a big part of that, so I'm a lot less direct now than I was as a kid. I don't think it's ALL masking- some of it is just learning how to sound as considerate as I feel- but bluntness is definitely less of a trait for me nowadays than it is for some.

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  • I am naturally quite blunt, but I've been masking a lot for a long time and softening my language is a big part of that, so I'm a lot less direct now than I was as a kid. I don't think it's ALL masking- some of it is just learning how to sound as considerate as I feel- but bluntness is definitely less of a trait for me nowadays than it is for some.

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