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Why partners sometimes struggle with authentic neurodivergent expression

I started stimming openly after my autism diagnosis and my husband says it makes him uncomfortable when we're out together.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intimate relationships strain when authenticity challenges shared social performance.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Neurodivergent identity — autism and ADHD?”

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