Does anyone else feel exhausted by constant praise for basics?
By Real Ray C on
I’m nonverbal, and this really gets under my skin sometimes. People praise me for things that feel completely normal to me things I do every day and it just… doesn’t feel like praise. It feels like they don’t see me, they just see a checklist of what they think I shouldn’t be able to do.
For example: Brushing my teeth on my own. “Wow, good job!” Like, yeah… I do this literally every day and getting dressed in the morning. Again, normal stuff. I’m not asking for a medal here.
I get that people mean well. I know they’re trying to encourage me. But it feels like the bar is set so low for autistic people like me that any basic independence becomes some kind of victory. It’s frustrating because I want people to see me for more than just what I struggle with.
Does anyone else feel this way?