“Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.”
Morpheus, The Matrix
It’s an extremely tough thing, Dear Readers. to explain to others what I’m dealing with on a daily basis. That’s possibly because no one knows the pressures I put on myself to do what I do, especially in the throws of this Coronavirus chaos.
People whom may not know the pressures you’re dealing with might think something’s “off” when in reality, you’re doing all you can to keep your mask on and keep things together.
There’s a well known saying in the Autistic community, that if you’ve seen one person with autism, you’ve seen one person with autism. I’d like to add. I’d like to add my own spin on it, there s a difference between knowing about autism and knowing about autism. Friends and family of fellow Spectrumites know exactly what I mean.
Imagine being on stage, playing a character that you need to learn to be successful in playing, you need to learn the nuisances, the quirks as well as the rules, the backdrop to said character and everything else that comes to it. The difference between stage and real life is that you can drop the act when you’re off stage, when the performance is complete.
That’s the situation that fellow Spectrumites deal with daily but it’s not so easy to know where the line between our character on stage and where our real personality is off stage. We learn how to behave in social situations, but it’s not easy for us because we try to learn to adapt, but it’s not easy to adapt.
Only people who really know us, that understand our quirks, our personality, our humor really see the difference between the two. Knowing the person behind the mask makes all the difference, helping the person and trusting our processes makes all the difference.
I felt that it was important to highlight the pressures Spectrumites deal with constantly, especially in the throws of the coronavirus chaos. So, I wish to appeal to you all to be kind to all you meet, please be considerate, that’s how we can all learn from each other and help us all….
Shine On!!
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