anybody here get depressed by ppl not understanding u?

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what do you do about it?

Not depressed but it can be quite frustrating. Pretty sure my wife also has autism and while I think visually she does not. This creates problems in us communicating effectively at times. Which is the only time where it potentially makes me unhappy. I am sure it doesn't make her feel great at those times either. Did feel lonely growing up. Got excluded or ignored. Took a while for me to learn how to inject myself into social situations. Though anytime your feeling blue this community thus far has been pretty welcoming. I am pretty new here and just today had my diagnosis confirmed. It does explain alot. Also have you done any research on a possible solution into being able to communicate more effectively or at least more confidently? Could be solutions that may work for you.

I find it frustrating when people don't understand me. I get misgendered and people try to keep me away from my special interests and prized possessions. They don't realized that I can not be controlled.

I don't get depressed but sometimes I get frustrated or angry because ffs, I put so much honesty, effort, and detail into everything I communicate and I do it in written form so it can't be misinterpreted, but some people still drop the ball. I was even told once that I write so clearly it doesn't make sense and the person thought that meant I was being cryptic.

I have to shake my head at people like that.

me, all the time.

Yes. I cant stand being misunderstood.

Some lady I used to work with was begging to swap tasks with me.

I didnt know that she had already fought with the lady boss about it. So I didnt know that she was trying to recruit me to do an end run around the boss. I might have agreed to if I had known. But I didnt.

Then we both met the boss-lady and the boss-lady ordered her to do the task that the other lady was trying to get out of, and order me to do something else. So I shrugged ...walked across the store and started on what the boss told me to do.

The first lady ran after me and got hysterical and cried "we agree to blah blah". And before I had a chance to say anythhing (ie to explain the obvious that because the boss gave specific orders our little agreement was null and void) she started doing the task the boss told her to do that she was trying to get out of while...while yelling "if you dont wanna do it just SAY so".

The issue being that what either of us "wanted to do" was irrelevent. What mattered was what THE BOSS wanted us each to do.

The misunderstand being that she projected onto me motives that I dont have for behavior that I was not exhibiting (ie being reluctant to do a particular thing).

If I had the moment to live over again I might have said something like "okay...so...you are such a wimp and such a crybaby that you cant handle doing task X. In fact not only are you a wimp and a cry baby, but you're also kinda stupid, because you're going against your own self interest...task X is a great easy way pump up your productivity figures. And you're dumb enough to swap that job for the less desirable job that I am doing? Thats GREAT! I am delighted to take advantage of your sorry pathetic ass to pump up my productivity figures and get a raise at your expense! Am ALWAYS eager to pick your pocket and take advantage of your stupid ass. So...just get the boss's permission and I will do it."

She wouldve been angry at me either way, but at least the second way she wouldve hated me for what I am (as someone who has contempt for her) instead of hating me for what I am not (someone who has the same wimpyness and dishonesty that she has).

I am also frustrated.
Yet I am also tired of it.

And so I'm still trying to accept all of it; all the misconceptions and misunderstandings.

I can ride with plenty of misunderstandings -- usually those with neutral to positive conclusions.

Unintentional harm of any party, however... That's where I draw the line of misunderstandings.

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Definitely frustrating. I even find it dehumanizing. But I understand how their mind works in this sort of situation. People are generally not very good at knowing how to deal with someone whose behavior and personality is so different to their own. I even find it much easier to relate to NTs than NTs to me.

Well I see it as a sad thing, but I don't get depressed about it. I can usually make myself understood if it's urgent. I don't know whether I'm less understood than other people are - Christians and atheists don't understand each other, lefties and righties don't often understand each other, etc. etc.........

But people get by, and I get by.

Very. It feels like even when I talk about it in the simplest words imaginable they just ignore it because it is inconvenient to them. There's no definite way to get over the depression but just talking about it with other autistic people and feeling like you are among peers helps a lot. Going on a walk and catching animals also helps me (lots of creeks where I live so lots of opportunities to find crayfish, frogs, and snakes). It will always be a hard world for autistic people but there's still joy to be found.