man it's kind of unfair that autistic social anxiety gets written off as a product of our autism when in reality it feels more like a product of getting harshly punished every time you missed a random social cue as a kid. i think if you grow up having people get mad at you at what feels like completely random intervals because you can't identify the rules you're breaking, it's totally understandable to be nervous in every single social situation. like how you move slowly and carefully when feeling your way through a pitch black room. actually i still have people regularly get mad at me for missing social cues so it's not even like this is a matter of growing out of childhood trauma, i still spend social situations getting exposed to negative stimuli at seemingly random intervals and you want me to what? trip over furniture??? piss off
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