the people I know don’t listen and often hear the opposite of what I say. That’s why I have to repeat myself a lot.

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I can’t tell you how often I’ve had to say, “I picked my words very precisely.”

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Yes but you picked them in your ‘language’, not that of the listener. Neuro-typical/divergent communication is a bit like translating across languages. Words by themselves don’t always translate directly.

That said, I concede, many people don’t listen carefully and jump to conclusions based on what they expect you to say.

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Example: I want to sleep with you.

NT translation: I want to have sex with you.

Autistic translation: I want you and I to literally sleep and nothing else near each other, probably because I’m scared of sleeping alone in an unfamiliar place or some sensory thing.

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