Do allistic people really need constant interaction with others? In person? It sounds horrific. I lived with other people for years. Often they want interaction. That's just brutal for the autistic mind isn't it?
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@ideogram oh and don't forget... In the workplace, you actually get punished if you don't do enough of that constant social exchange! "We want people who bring other people together, individual contributors are just immature." And of course you get punished if you do it wrong, as well!
Autistic meltdown much? Well, that's a job for HR to fix... we don't want anyone ruining the synergy between our carefully-trimmed allistic workforce!
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Perhaps allistic extroverts. Introverts like me need well-controlled interaction time, because interaction sucks our energy.
I used to describe myself as a hard-core introvert, but I realized in my case what's exhausting is the constant masking I'm doing, not the socializing. I love being around the (tiny, tiny number) of people I don't mask with, and it's not draining.
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I understand. Indeed there are people with which it is easier for me to enjoy interacting and for longer. But even then, I can only sustain that for a few hours. Then I need to retreat to my solitude to process information, let my brain work through, and recharge. As I grew older, most of the masks went away as I got more comfortable with myself and understood why I feel and do the things I do. Plus, in the past 4 to 6 years, being an American, I lost basically all the f***ks I had to give. Unfortunately, lately it has been "I understand this may sound rude to you and may make you feel discomfort, but frankly I do not give a damn."