My experience with being perceived as “high-functioning” is so negative because it primarily comes from the sacrifices I make at the cost of my health in order to keep up with social expectations
I have to actively choose between taking care of myself and fulfilling responsibilities because I don’t have energy for both (I usually wouldn’t even call it a choice given that adult life especially isn’t the most forgiving)
Anybody else?
Pretend you don’t have problem. Wow, where did problem go? It must have been imagination. Now behave like person with no problem plz.
I see downvotes, so I apologize. I tried to humorously agree with the frustration, but the way I wrote it was apparently bad.
People seem to think that if you can be pressured to do the same as a person with no issues, they can expect to treat you as if you have no issues. It sucks.