#feels like autist1c tall poppy syndrome | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

viksalos · 3 months

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it's like actually hilarious that now that i'm learning to communicate with my graduate advisor, *she's* actually better at figuring out when i'm struggling mentally and helping me to calm down and find support, than certain "friends" who now seem to be threatened by my increased self-awareness and expertise on certain topics to the point that when i COME TO THEM struggling and asking for help, they fixate on their own insecurities and berate me for it rather than... fucking helping me or anything

#text #WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING LATELY.#feels like autist1c tall poppy syndrome #this friend used to like. socially mother me and infodump to me about her interests for hours on end #and i'm just now realizing that she like... barely let me talk about anything i cared about at all before recently. lol #literally it feels like there's a STRONG correlation between how economically privileged someone is #and how unwilling they are to accept lived experience expertise; even if they CLAIM to be willing; lmao #in fact the ones that CLAIM to be willing are often the actual worst about... actually recognizing the self in the other lol #i mean i'm pretty sure that repair with this particular friend is possible eventually but hoo boy #is she gonna have to hear *at least* a more compassionately worded version of this. and apologize

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