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Can we admit that we sometimes struggle with rejection sensitivity over being corrected and stop accusing people of attacking us for our neurodivergence?
I watched someone say something incorrect and ableist. Somebody told them it was incorrect and ableism and why.
I watched someone say something incorrect and ableist. Somebody told them it was incorrect and ableism and why.
Their response?? “Oh well I understand now but I didn’t expect to be told off for a neurodivergent mistake on a thread about ableism. Thanks.”
Being incorrect does not make you a bad person. To that end, being corrected isn’t an attack.
Being incorrect does not make you a bad person. To that end, being corrected isn’t an attack.
I see it all the time. You all do too. Someone says something incorrect. Someone tells them so. They then have to make the person incorrect to preserve their ego, or turn it into them being attacked for the same reason.
Explore why it hurts you so much to be incorrect.
Explore why it hurts you so much to be incorrect.
And know that it isn’t a problem that only you struggle with. I find myself there sometimes too, though I tend to be on the side of making the person incorrect. I usually don’t realize I’m being attacked until later and then I’m mad I didn’t do something about it.
Anyway, it’s ok to be wrong. You don’t have to project onto the person who told you that you were wrong.
I guess my point is that if we weaponize our disability to shield us from correction and accountability, that’s not cool. And we don’t have to pretend that doesn’t happen. We can meet it head on and support each other to prevent that behavior from happening. We’re all growing.
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