Alright, to be serious for a moment, I don't think of myself as neurotypical. However, I don't think I'm autistic.
In some ways, I am socially adept. In others, I am woefully awkward. I have friends. I can make small talk just fine. I understand social boundaries. One time I successfully pretended to befriend someone in order to help a friend out of a dangerous situation. However, I am quite literal and do tend to miss sarcasm. Enthusiasm is either none at all or all of it at once, there is no in-between.
I tend to keep myself in check, otherwise I'd be bouncing all over the place. Unless you're a friend and we're somewhere we can unwind, then in which case you'll get that version of me.
I can be a hot mess. I get my left and right mixed up. I'm really bad with directions. Numbers get all switched around. I can't do mental maths. I struggle to tell the time. Speaking of time, I'm bad at time management and tend to show up ridiculously early because I know if I aimed to be on time then I'd end up ridiculously late. Unfortunately, I know from experience.
People tend to think I'm organised which is funny to me because I absolutely am not. I live in a state of organised chaos that somehow works when it really shouldn't. People also tend to assume I used to be a good student... the stories I could tell.
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25. Near the spectrum but not on it.