This is just something I want to get off my chest. I don’t have autism (at least I’m not diagnosed) but I just hate this.
All these people I’ve last seen when I was a kid and they all want to talk to me and hug me. They tell me I’m so tall now and know so much about topic x (tech most of the time) and I just want to tell them to shut the f up.
Sometimes I need to go into a dark, quiet room and just lay down. Sometimes playing the piano with noise cancelling headphones helps, but then all these people ask me where I’ve been the whole time.
I’ll do things I normally hate, like the dishes, just to have an excuse to be in a different room and put in my headphones.
I just wanted to vent a little, but if you have any, I’m open for advice.
You a teen, it’s fine - we’ve all been there. I’ll tell you something I wish someone had told me when I was a teen - people are trying to reach out to you, but you’re actively shutting them down. Quit being a dumb edgy ass and form some memories together - it won’t be long until you start missing last chances.
ah yes the good old tried and true “you’re being weird, stop being weird and start being normal” method
telling people to suck it up because they react differently than you do in similar situations is extremely closed minded, and does nothing but suppress the person they are.
exactly. eventually, your friends will not be so readily available and you’ll be stuck in a rut wishing you could have more people in your life. this is where family enters the picture.
try playing piano for them. use your skills to make others happy and inturn, you’ll be happier (and more skilled) because of it.