For me, it's the near-universal social rejection. To a large degree, I've learned how to live with it, accept it, not blame myself or others too much. It's not always a bad thing, either, or not as bad as it might seem.. there are positives.

But it is easily the thing that adversely affect my life the most. Every group rejects me, eventually, if not immediately. Every friend becomes unfriendly, many work relationships are strained. Finding a way to be okay when it seems like everyone would rather you just go away.

Today, it feels more difficult than usual but I know I will feel better soon. I wish I had some ND friendships to help me recharge. It's funny, I left a comment on another post on how to best deal with this kind of thing but, honestly, my capacity to be resilient is not so great rn. Hopeful it will be better tomorrow.

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[–] 6 points 1 month ago

Probably social and internal/emotional world.

Though social not as many would interpet it that hard to get along or form relationships, that part can be easily "faked"/managed. Social side from personal internal perspective which is connected or effected by the emotional difficulties.

For me the internal side of relationships might as not exist. All of the emotions or drives that most people consider to be the main reasons for relationships, pretty much don't exist for me. Like the "connection" or "love" or "companionship", "missing someone", "wanting to be with someone", etc are just theoretical concepts in google/textbook for me.

Pretty much like im completely missing one of the most fundamental things that makes us human.

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