Until I got older, fatter and less attractive, I had no trouble attracting people. Keeping them is a different story. It's a perfect example of the 'mask'. I just fade out as they see all the repetition, rigidity, complete lack of spontaneity, and once one through the prepped conversation tricks, I'm really boring on top of all the other stuff.
Then when they see what it's like when I overload and have outbursts or worse, real meltdowns, well, it's a turn off.
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Diagnosed April 14, 2016
ASD Level 1 without intellectual impairments.
RAADS-R -- 213.3
FQ -- 18.7
EQ -- 13
Aspie Quiz -- 186 out of 200
AQ: 42
AQ-10: 8.8