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"I do have times when I feel ambiguously bad, and then I have to figure out what kind of bad and why."

This is alexithymia. And it's incredibly common in autistic people.
We feel the emotion. We just can't always identify WHICH emotion it
This is high-masking autism in relationships.

We become social chameleons. We study people like research projects. (A lot of us have notes and spreadsheets). We learn what makes them feel connected. Then we perform it perfectly.

And we don't even r
Why is repair so hard in neurodiverse relationships?

Neither partner is wrong. But when you don't understand each other's repair needs, conflict becomes a cycle:
Coflict → NT partner wants to talk → Autistic partner shuts down → NT pa
Since we're back to work this week....how about some corporate speak that makes autistic people die inside...

Autistic brains typically process language literally first. So when you say "let's circle back," my brain has to:
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