I wouldn’t know I certainly do have social anxiety that without proper preparation can make me turn back home minutes from my destination, the more I read these ADHD/Autism memes etc the more I see my own actions reflected, never been diagnosed cause they didn’t know anything about this stuff when I was a kid and at this point… whats the point? I have coping mechanisms in place, and I hyper focus on not over explaining. Funny thing, I was only ever comfortable around people that were “weird”, “normal” people (like I am supposed to be) always made me uncomfortable, scrutinizing everything I say, everything I do, my leg shaking, fingers touching random things around me, eyes darting away from theirs mid sentence, darting back, then off again.
Do neurotypicals not get social anxiety?
I’ll take misattributed behaviors for 200.
I wouldn’t know I certainly do have social anxiety that without proper preparation can make me turn back home minutes from my destination, the more I read these ADHD/Autism memes etc the more I see my own actions reflected, never been diagnosed cause they didn’t know anything about this stuff when I was a kid and at this point… whats the point? I have coping mechanisms in place, and I hyper focus on not over explaining. Funny thing, I was only ever comfortable around people that were “weird”, “normal” people (like I am supposed to be) always made me uncomfortable, scrutinizing everything I say, everything I do, my leg shaking, fingers touching random things around me, eyes darting away from theirs mid sentence, darting back, then off again.
I could copy paste your response as my own lol except the ADHD. Idk our age gap, but I grew up in the same lived in experience regardless.