I hate how avoiding eye contact is socially considered rude, so i force eye contact and miss the actual conversation. But then nodding along and pretending to follow a conversation is ALSO considered rude.
the system is fucked.
#autismisnotacutetrend
My mother figured out pretty quickly I was autistic as a kid because I had an ‘eye contact’ face otherwise my dad would punish me for not making eye contact. But I hated looking people in the eyes, even the ones I loved a lot.