@flesh@mastodon.triggerphra.se @lioness Another thing making me wonder: how much of this is directly a feature of autism and how much is down to the way autistic people are treated?
@madewokherd@flesh for me, and especially in this specific instance where this was before I got fucked up by going to school
I think this is a lot to do with "following explicit rules" — stealing colored pencils from a store was a literally unthinkable taboo for me? like I just couldn't process it. everything is going Wrong and it's too much to handle.
Fuck, I had forgotten about that "glass in your throat" feeling. I don't miss it.
"cringe" as autistic empathy //
@madewokherd @flesh for me, and especially in this specific instance where this was before I got fucked up by going to school
I think this is a lot to do with "following explicit rules" — stealing colored pencils from a store was a literally unthinkable taboo for me? like I just couldn't process it. everything is going Wrong and it's too much to handle.
Fuck, I had forgotten about that "glass in your throat" feeling. I don't miss it.