I'm wondering if it's typical for us to get along best with other ND people. This is my experience. I remember my auntie was amazed, that I preferred playing with my profoundly disabled cousin with celebral palsy, than with healthy children in the playground. I was 7, my cousin was 17, but mentally like a toddler. And we had a really good parallel play and we enjoyed. I overheard other children talking that they were afraid of her. I don't know why, I wasn't. Then I sat together with a girl with dyslexia at school. Others laughed at her mistakes, when she wrote. I corrected them patiently. Then I also remember a girl with Turner syndrome. And a colleague with Asperger Syndrome at work. My ex boyfriend has ADHD, but I believe that he was also undiagnosed autistic. I had to break up with him because of his alcohol issues and he didn't want to do anything about it. There were more ND/autistic people who I worked with and there was that spike- they are like me. We didn't have to talk much or not at all to get each other. Now as I just recall all this, I get to the conclusion that I actually very rarely get along with NT people. One example is my husband- he doesn't understand much of my weird behaviour but he is loyal, loving snd supportive as much as he can. And the fact, that he has no social difficulties is a blessing, because he speaks to people and makes calls etc. He himself said I'm not good at this. The only friend I have for 20 years already is very unstable emotionally (maybe BPD). So looks like I'm a magnet for ND people in my life. And that's good, I like it. ND people are different, more interesting although sometimes hard to deal with. I would just like to have a friend here where I'm living.
Are there any similar experiences out there?
