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This is kind of trite advice but when I see comments like this I get a little sad:
Find your tribe. Be with the people who like you for who you actually are, you shouldn't have to put on a mask to see your friends. This is life advice for everyone, not just people with autism.
That's definitely harder for some interests like if your dreams are to be a socialite or a star on [your favorite sports team]. But for most things, there's no shortage of communities that will love you for who you are.
The things you think are your negative personality traits are probably neutral at worst. Those "quirks" you worry about are often about as strange as an accent.
Unless the trait your trying to hide is mean or violent, good people are not phased. Be yourself. Find your good people.
Pro tip: often the good people are the unassuming ones. The anti-socialites so to speak. The ones a little too weird and keeping to a quiet spot. Like you. Find one, ask them what they like.
Yes. I don't have autism but I get along with everyone who isn't a dick.
Find someone who is quiet (but not brooding) and you just might make a friend
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