I found this quote about being authentic on Facebook and I decided to share it and some thought about it with you all...so, please indulge me. Perhaps this includes surrounding myself with more honest people and releasing the ones who haven't the heart to be honest to my face?
I have no use for people who simply choose to walk on eggshells around me or who choose to pretend I don't exist just because they are uncomfortable with the way my Neurodivergency manifests itself. Yes, people have told me this is why I am ostracized, especially more recently.
Yes, it hurts. No, such persecution is not going to stop me from existing as my authentic self, so if you don't like my odd self, you may exit my life.
I don't wish to associate with or love those who hate me. I forgive my haters, but I must set them free that they might rot alone and miserable in the prisons they have made for themselves through engaging in endless, unwavering indifference against me.