Nah, I’m AuDHD so my memory retains whatever tf random crap it wants and constantly forgets relevant things like my own address and what I was right in the middle of saying. But even if I could convince somebody, in my experience it still makes them uncomfortable. Or, it did enough times that it’s now lodged in my brain as something to put underneath the mask.
Yeah, it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not, it’s just a concept people are familiar with. It’s a shame you have to lie about something so harmless because it upsets people. But of course you’re the “weird one.”
Would telling them you have a photographic memory if they ask how you know work? Neurotypicals generally seem to accept that in my experience.
Nah, I’m AuDHD so my memory retains whatever tf random crap it wants and constantly forgets relevant things like my own address and what I was right in the middle of saying. But even if I could convince somebody, in my experience it still makes them uncomfortable. Or, it did enough times that it’s now lodged in my brain as something to put underneath the mask.
Yeah, it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not, it’s just a concept people are familiar with. It’s a shame you have to lie about something so harmless because it upsets people. But of course you’re the “weird one.”