Can we put "how much time do you spend worrying if you are being misunderstood?" on the list of autism diagnostic questions?
Being misunderstood is my greatest fear in life, & I'm pretty sure autistic trauma is why.
"How often do you feel like you need to clarify things you say with very specific language?"
Here's a good one: "Do people often claim that you said something which you *definitely* did not say & get mad at you, even though you chose your language very specifically to try to make your meaning *abundantly* clear?"
"Do conversations with a single individual sometimes feel like a game of 'telephone' because the other person keeps incorrectly paraphrasing things you say?"
@artemis "...because the other person keeps incorrectly paraphrasing things you say..."
I have learned the hard way that very often when this is going on it's on purpose. They are misunderstanding on purpose. They are using a totally different strategy to convince people of their position than the one you are using. Theirs is often more effective...way more often in fact.
Some of them even find it's funny that you don't realize this.
Artemis
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