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Feeling like my neurotypical friends don't understand my autism

Rainbowgirl

Hi everyone 

I feel like my neurotypical friends don't  understand my autism?  They don't get how certain things that are easy for them can feel much harder for me.  

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  • I'm really sorry to hear that. 

    Same here- I have autism and routinely run into situations in which people don't understand me and my autism, sometimes with catastrophic consequences. I was bullied out of a society once because of that. 

    The good thing is, the people who do understand you "despite" this are the ones who you should genuinely treasure. Even if there is one such person. The right people will accept you and see your value. Even if you couldn't talk at all, there would still be such people. 

    I literally have 4 friends (strangely all of the opposite gender). That's it. But the two close ones are incredibly caring and supportive. One of them seems like she is autistic too, but the other most certainly is not and despite that remains warm and caring to me, before and after she found out about my diagnosis. 

    I'd rather have one such friend who gets me and supports me completely like the 10 I was trying to have in the society who never understood me and got angry at me no matter what I did. 

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  • I'm really sorry to hear that. 

    Same here- I have autism and routinely run into situations in which people don't understand me and my autism, sometimes with catastrophic consequences. I was bullied out of a society once because of that. 

    The good thing is, the people who do understand you "despite" this are the ones who you should genuinely treasure. Even if there is one such person. The right people will accept you and see your value. Even if you couldn't talk at all, there would still be such people. 

    I literally have 4 friends (strangely all of the opposite gender). That's it. But the two close ones are incredibly caring and supportive. One of them seems like she is autistic too, but the other most certainly is not and despite that remains warm and caring to me, before and after she found out about my diagnosis. 

    I'd rather have one such friend who gets me and supports me completely like the 10 I was trying to have in the society who never understood me and got angry at me no matter what I did. 

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