The hardest thing about autism hasn't been the autism.

What's been much more difficult are the sensory sensitivities, and the attitudes of people around me toward my differences, which created a lot of social anxiety. 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Autistic #Sensory #Anxiety

The autism itself? I can work with that. It's everything built on top of it that's taken the biggest toll.
@hmm_cook “Dealing with neurotypicals” is the number one co-occurring condition I’m afraid