Yesterday on my train ride home I overheard a conversation next to me because I didn’t have my headphones in. They were talking about “being different in the head” and some point they dropped the term “neurotypical”. So clearly I had some neurodivergent people next to me talking about how it affects their life, what are the odds?

So what did I do after wanting neurodivergent friends for a long time now?

Nothing.

I just sat there, listened and didn’t say a word because I’m a dumb fucking idiot.

  • Persen@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You shouldn’t shame yourself for being scared to start a conversation. It happens a lot, aspecialy if you are autistic.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    1 year ago

    You’re not dumb. IRL isn’t like a forum or chat room. People tend to get upset when strangers just jump into their conversations, in my experience, so I don’t do it even when I really have something to say.