These communities are really harmful because they take completely normal behaviours like laying on the floor for 45 minutes after a social outing and pathologise them. I guess everyone has ADHD now!!
/s gotcha dudes
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2025
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Imagine being introverted, autistic, with social anxiety, being married to an extrovert ADHD person.
That's a shutdown.
Doesn't socialising drain everyone? After a social event I need at least 1 or 2 hours by myself at home to decompress before I can be functional again, or even go to bed.
Introverts vs extroverts. Introverts use energy to be social, extroverts gain energy and lose it being alone
NT's tend to use socializing as a form of R&R
Can confirm. Socializing (in particular with known people, not necessarily friends) is a great way for me to recharge. If I am on my own for too long (24h), I start feeling demotivated and sad. Same if overall I don’t socialize enough over the week. As far as I understand, that doesn’t have only to do with being NT, because I know a friend with autism with the same interest in constant socialization (they just have a stricter “balance” to keep between socializing as recharging and socializing while masking as tiring)
Yes. It takes me forever to do anything and I feel like I never have enough time due to this, but if lying on the floor after work gets my dishes done 🤷
Daaamn this Person socialze!i am usualla social for one hour and the Rest of the time i am masking...