Heather Cook🖖Autistic Coach<p>Since I was largely following social scripts that I had learned before I knew I was Autistic, and would say things like, “I’m fine” when I didn’t mean it, or that I liked someone’s artwork when I really didn’t think it was that good: </p><p>I assumed that everyone else was being completely fake at all times, especially when they said that they liked me or valued me in any way.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Autistic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AuDHD</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AutisticMasking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AutisticMasking</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/unmasking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>unmasking</span></a></p>