Timothy Jackson

I want to impart to you all some wisdom I have come into. I am Autistic, I have a life altering diagnosis to back that claim, it’s not a trend, it’s not a fad, it’s not quirky. It’s horrible and debilitating, I hyperfixate on things that interest me to the point of obsession and I over complicate and over explain because I am horrified of being misunderstood. I can perfectly word, write paragraphs of explanation, draw and paint a picture and hire a translator, all to prevent that miscommunication But it will still happen. The wisdom I have had to learn, to teach myself and force myself to understand is that miscommunication and that misunderstanding is not because I cannot communicate effectively or well enough to be understood. It is because people do not want to understand. They do not care, they do not listen, they do not understand because of THEIR lack of trying, not mine. Stop investing time and energy into people who do not care. If like me, you care so much about articulating yourself and being yourself and expressing yourself without being misunderstood, start investing that energy into caring for yourself, and stop trying to force people who do not want to understand you, to do so.