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Originally Posted by fotze2
I always wonder if I am possibly 'on the spectrum'. I guess if its a spectrum we are are all on it. Just where? I am just constantly scanning things and people. They don't recognize social cues but I hyper see social cues. If some guys eyebrow goes up when I am saying something I notice that and put it in the bank for later judging. Can you be on the other side of the spectrum? It's exhausting.
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This is autism. Its not that autistic people miss social cues, its just that the 7% or so the vast majority of the population and world seem to get by on just fine don't compute well when you're also getting the other 93%. Its a sliding scale. Maybe the eyebrow thing is just something unique to you that you noticed, but if its that plus cataloging the way they adjust their posture, analyzing the timbre of the breath they take before speaking, cramming their chosen words through a decoder because everyone lies and you need things in truth form, plus plus plus plus then yea, autism.
The exhaustion you're speaking of is the mental drain of masking, where all of this is very much real and very much going on and you have to fake like its not WHILE ALSO throwing down a high level that even a neurotypical would find very challenging. In your case I'm guessing you make good dough in a situation where appearances and people skills are paramount, which in my case would be hell.
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Our CEO pulls his phone out when this one guy starts talking. Because he thinks he's full of crap (which he is).
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A CEO tolerates a guy who's full of crap?