hugo.@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @robrecht @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic And then there's masking, which must be awfully confusing to NTs and can be (mis)interpreted as lying.
I'll be the first to admit of countless times I outright lied about obligations I didn't really have so I could get out of uncomfortable social situations, or coming up with sometimes elaborate excuses to explain why I couldn't do something I was expected to do.
Now I know better, but (white) lies were the fabric of my masking.
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