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?
I’m with you on it being so confusing. That’s constantly my experience with socialisation. Maybe I could try being upfront as well. I’m still not very open about being autistic. Although, I don’t necessarily need to give that level of detail in my explanation. Sometimes, I just get tired of trying.