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*in an America Ferrara voice*

You have to achieve things but you can’t say you’re achieving things you have to say you’re “not that good” but you also have to be achieving things.

You have to lie but you can’t say you’re lying because that’s immoral.

You have to comfort people but never tell them the whole truth. You have to listen to them put themselves down but you can never agree with them.

You’re supposed to be proud of yourself but don’t talk about yourself all the damn time. You have to look after yourself but also never let your friends down.

You're expected to always know what people are feeling, which is impossible, but when you point that out you’re accused of being a bad person.

You have to stay supportive for your friends but not so supportive that it comes off as insincere or that it comes off as favouritism because you’re supposed to be a good friend to all of your friends but always be the best for everyone and always be grateful.

But never forget that you have best friends too so find a way to acknowledge that but always be grateful.

You’re supposed to never get tired, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never get overwhelmed, never fail, never show annoyance, never show exhaustion.

It’s too hard! It’s too contradictory and nobody gives you a medal or says thank you!

And it turns out that not only are you doing everything wrong but also everything is your fault.

I’m just so tired of watching myself and every single other neurodivergent person tie themselves into knots so people will like us.

And if all of that is expected and no one will even explain that it is to people who don’t know then I don’t even know.