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Because of my extroverted ADHD behaviours I assume that every social group I join will eventually have "had enough of me". Anyone else experience this? (fedia.io)

submitted 3 days ago by Novamdomum@fedia.io to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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The only group that's ever accepted me and has welcomed me without doing that so far has been my local drama group (and, of course, this place :) ). There, it seems my "Golden retriever" energy is always welcomed and in fact valued. What's been your experience?

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[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I took this test the other week https://embrace-autism.com/cat-q/#test

And scored 150, particularly bad in the last section which is apparently a red flag.

My wife and her cousin both scored 50

Both of them just say "be yourself" but if I was, that's the fast road to loneliness

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

139 over here. The most confusing part about it is that parents are often also neurodivergent and so whacky behaviour can be normalised during childhood. Then we get out into the world and have to learn a load of nuanced social cues in order to fit in. It is very strange to find out as a 47 year old that your experience is significantly different to most people and set about unlearning those masking behaviours.