Fuck social skills classes. I don’t need to be taught to be less neurodivergent so other people can feel more comfortable while I feel less comfortable. Other people need to be taught to be more accepting of people who are different so we can all be comfortable. “Stare uncomfortably into people’s eyeballs and paste expressions that you don’t feel onto your face but don’t you dare make it look even remotely fake even though it’s totally fake because we HATE when you’re fake and will crucify you for it but also lie about everything and be fake in teh way we’re all fake and don’t directly answer questions and never talk about the things you love in depth or talk for long enough to fully cover the topic, also don’t react with more than a smile or a socially acceptable screechy mouth noise when you’re excited, how dare you move your hands when happy.” Yeah if we told neurotypicals “keep those over exaggerated emotions off of your face” there would be outrage but it’s fine for them to do to us I guess. They’re forgetting that scientific studies have found that neurotypicals clock neurodivergence in a fraction of a second. No amount of fake facial expressions change change that. It’s just another way to punish neurodivergent people for not masking up.
Fuck you, I’m looking at the wall, playing with fidgets in my bag, talking about my interests at length while hand flapping, and when I’m sick of everyone I’ll retreat and spend the next 10 hours listening to music that I love with nobody talking at me.
