Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26006155-20190425222457/@comment-26006155-20190614233924

I have Asperger's Syndrome, and spent the first 20 years of my life getting beaten up by my autistic sister.

While I was super-smart in school, she always had the ultimate trump card of being Retarded. So at home, everything revolved around her. She could do no wrong in father's eye, even when she terrorized me. Meanwhile, if I got anything less that straight A's, I'd get critizied by father than I could be doing better.

I haven't had the typical human experience. And I don't react or think like most people.

And being marginalized regardless of merit is one of the fastest ways to activate my PTSD.

Which is why I try to be super clear.

Because miscommunications can be a nightmare.