💠 What does this look like? ▫️ I write out or in my head will say the thoughts and take a step back and evaluate them. -- As an introvert, I have time to do this typically. Less so in person of course. I apply as best I can an advisory evaluation of the response, and decide of the benefits outweigh the costs/risks. ▫️ ▫️ Costs of this self-advisory process are also evaluated, and if comfortable enough, I can bypass it entirely and just let those loose associations, quips, and rejoinders rip. 💠 Example? ▫️ Colleague: "Wow you have all the call days on Fridays." ▫️ ▫️ Advisory Comments: "That Granary can ship mate, we know this person and trust them to understand where you're coming from" , or "Yo, you're about to be completely misunderstood and paranoid the rest of the day that you were weird or offputting, let it go but hey that was funny" 💠 Summary Statement: And so this is my way of long-form writing out my neurodivergent strategies in social situations, the amount of WORK that goes into them, and why I am exhausted by the end of the day. But hey, I've stayed out of being misunderstood, mitigated rejection sensitivity dysphoria, & kept a job in this capitalist hole we call Earth 2026, so there's that. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk on #neurodivergent #SocialStrategies #ADHD