So much self-monitoring is exhausting. Worse because I think I genuinely go overboard if I don’t monitor.
I’m lucky that I’ve made friends where we literally send essays to each other and don’t even have any expectations of a time limit for answering. I probably achieved this by “being annoying” and the friends (who also happen to be autistic for the most part), self-selected.
So much self-monitoring is exhausting. Worse because I think I genuinely go overboard if I don’t monitor.
I’m lucky that I’ve made friends where we literally send essays to each other and don’t even have any expectations of a time limit for answering. I probably achieved this by “being annoying” and the friends (who also happen to be autistic for the most part), self-selected.
This is the way! Stopping the fight to fit in, but changing the social circle until it fits you 😊