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[–]Badmammajamma 45 insightful - 1 fun45 insightful - 0 fun46 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I’ve worked with ASD folks in therapy, and many of them have said they take things at face value, they don’t see the hidden motives behind what people are trying to do. They can’t imagine why someone would appear helpful yet harbor a secret agenda to actually be harmful. I don’t know if that’s true for you, but for the folks I’ve known it has caused them to get into terrible relationship and other social situations.

[–]RoundFrog[S] 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is definitely true for me! I’ve been in an emotionally abusive relationship before so now I know more about how to spot manipulators. But it’s still difficult. And I see so many manipulation tactics by TRAs like gaslighting. Eg they will say “no one said lesbians have to sleep with trans women” but they do say it all the time.