one of the most delightful and equally most abysmal parts of being neuroatypical is that first, oh...2 weeks to 6 months or longer of fixating hardcore on a new acquaintance
dreams! dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin when you see or hear their name! wanting to send them gifts! talking to them all the time! Over sharing. Being in love. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😌" title="Erleichtertes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Erleichtertes Gesicht">

beautiful unless it& #39;s not reciprocated and then it& #39;s TORTUROUS.
I imagine the NT equivalent of unreciprocated-new-friend-fixation is being very in love with your partner, but they leave you and it wasn& #39;t mutual. You don& #39;t want to creep them out but you want to spend every waking moment together. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đŸ„Ž" title="Woozy face" aria-label="Emoji: Woozy face"> the pain...
this fucked me up for an entire year once-- the other person too because they liked me but did NOT know how to handle that intensity.

I wish there was a social script for "Can you draw a boundary so I know how much I can indulge myself in your presence w/o freaking you out"
Actually I think there is, it might be somewhere along the lines of "PLease tell me to shut up if I& #39;m texting you too much" but the issue with that is that the other person...will...not...typically.
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