One big advantage of being #actuallyautistic is, for me, that I'm so used to #crises in my life (heck, life is one big #crisis to me), when something happens that NT's perceive as a crisis, I usually don't blink an eye.
"Oh, but you stayed so calm and handled the situation!" – Nope, you're just used to see me on a daily basis in constant crisis mode.
It can also be a bit absurd…I’m remarkably calm & level-headed in “legitimate” life-threatening crises. But change my schedule suddenly?!?
On a related note…I used to think I was “weak” because everything was so damn hard & intense
Once I learned about my #neurodiversity, I realized I’m weathering things every damn day that would break most people. We’re actually strong as hell…we have to be
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