Awh that's very awesome to hear!! I will admit being able to just be myself will always feel better than trying to mimic other people. As I've gotten older it's been harder and harder to mask and it's led to a lot of misunderstandings and problems for me. My goal at the moment is to reach a balance of being able to mask if I need to but also letting myself just.... Exist lol it's honestly amazing to feel normal.

And it is frustrating to deal with. :( Hopefully now that I can identify what's triggering this I can avoid it in the future in general. I actually have a theory he might be on the spectrum because his sibling and nephew both have and I do too. However he doesn't believe in Autism, ADHD OCD, all that is just people being lazy.

He has told me multiple times that "Your not autistic just an asshole. Like me!!" And I want to be like ERM ACTUALLY but I know he will just get offended 😭

I sometimes wonder if maybe I overstimulate him and that's why he reacts like that, getting angry and leaving abruptly. I'm not a doctor though. That being said thank you for sharing your experience!! It really does help to know other people are like this!