I primarily ask this, because for a large part of my life, I have found it hard to build meaningful friendships with neurotypicals. I don’t know any autistic people in real life, but wonder if it would be easier for me to build friendships with them?

Or maybe this has more to do with general struggles of being autistic, rather than how alike I am to others. However, I always find neurotypicals don’t really go deep in conversation, but they enjoy small talk. Yet, I’m the complete opposite.

What has been your experience?

  • @NerdyPopRocks
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    31 year ago

    Talking to ND folks is more fulfilling to me as an ND myself, but I like the challenge of talking to NT folks too. I get to put on my “NT-passing voice” and mannerisms and I like to pretend that I’m an actor playing a part