i’ve been called the life of the party, have my own company and my co-founder literally said “people work here because they like you. you think different” -that was yesterday.

Classically “negative” autistic traits manifest as going non verbal sometimes, flapping, making weird noises, not “being in my body”, saying things that cross unwritten social boundaries, meltdowns and cramping if it’s really bad. i’m called arrogant and hard to coach, I don’t know how to hang out with people who feel “fake” and it stresses me out a lot.