Honestly? Make friends with other neurodivergent people, that’s how my friend group is, we met in freshman/sophomore year and we’re still friends going into freshman/sophomore year of college:)

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You just stick around the same people even if you’re not sure. Just like go sit near them enough and eventually you’ll maybe become part of the friend group

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Glance around at everyone’s eyes in a group while one person is talking. If any of them are looking at you and lock eye contact, smile at them. If they look away they’re iffy about you. If they smile back and make eye contact with you again later it means they like you and you should try to sit by them sometimes or do more of the stuff together to be friends back. You can especially try this during awkward moments or when everyone is really bored, that’s when people do it the most.

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For me it was finding people that I clicked with. I don’t have to think about socializing/cues/masking when I’m with people similar to me. And they understand all my weird quirks like how I hate texting and can’t socialize for long periods of time. It just kind of came together and stayed. All the other friendships that I felt iffy about eventually fell apart.

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