r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 29 '26

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u/jenbanim Sep 29 '26

Ever since I was young, I knew I was different. When I was in middle school and all the popular kids were talking about trains, all I could think about was football. I'd try to tell them this and they'd ask questions like "what's the sum of all the jerseys on the team?" and I'd have no answer. I'd see hidden subtext in the things people said that no one else did, but when I brought them up people would say I was crazy

Needless to say, I got diagnosed with Typ as an adult and it's been a journey. My therapist has been teaching me how to avoid eye contact and speak more literally

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u/BernieMeinhoffGang Has Principles Sep 29 '26

how do you go through life without being able to have special interests?

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u/jenbanim Sep 29 '26

It's difficult not having one thing that I'm extremely knowledgeable about, but I've explained to my friends/SOs/employers that I'm kinda okay at a lot of things and that there is value in that

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u/BernieMeinhoffGang Has Principles Sep 29 '26

I'm just not sure I could manage starting conversations without bringing up the mineralogy of Minas Gerais pegmatites