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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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  • My brain doesn't tell my mouth to speak so I think things but don't say them unless prompted. I also know people are easily offended and being blunt isn't often socially acceptable. However  I am quite good at being diplomatic and my speech is very direct. I am more blunt around the people closest to me. Sometimes I am blunt and people think I'm being humorous when it's not the intention. Although I've learned to use bluntness with humour to get what I need.

    I find vague people difficult. I have good intution for when people do not mean what they say. I'm learning most people accept things being "up in the air" in many aspets of their lives. This goes against ever fibre of my being but I'm learning to meet this somewhere in the middle.

    I know quite a few people who are allistic who do not have a filter and are FAR more blunt than me. Again I think this is one of those things where it's an internal process ("black and white thinking") which may or may not manifest in behaviour.

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  • My brain doesn't tell my mouth to speak so I think things but don't say them unless prompted. I also know people are easily offended and being blunt isn't often socially acceptable. However  I am quite good at being diplomatic and my speech is very direct. I am more blunt around the people closest to me. Sometimes I am blunt and people think I'm being humorous when it's not the intention. Although I've learned to use bluntness with humour to get what I need.

    I find vague people difficult. I have good intution for when people do not mean what they say. I'm learning most people accept things being "up in the air" in many aspets of their lives. This goes against ever fibre of my being but I'm learning to meet this somewhere in the middle.

    I know quite a few people who are allistic who do not have a filter and are FAR more blunt than me. Again I think this is one of those things where it's an internal process ("black and white thinking") which may or may not manifest in behaviour.

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