Autistic & Always Being the Sidekick Friend

[@mariechristodulaki6788]

Hand up!🤚And to the being agreeable and then being manipulated. Thanks for sharing. Fingers crossed for the 500 subscribers!

[@healingbygiusi]

Being agreeable and then being manipulated seems to be our our collective experience..so very unfortunately :( and thank you!! :))) only 79 subs away. ✨️✨️🥰🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@bradkrekelberg8624]

Yep, definitely a sidekick here. When I was really young, that used to frustrate me to no end that I couldn't be the "leader". But, I just have zero charisma, apparently. No ability to influence people or bring about any sort of outcome that would be in the neighborhood of what I wanted. Because what I wanted never matched up with what anyone else wanted. I guess later I must've decided I would take any ally I could get. But following became intolerable to me after a point, and I would try to tilt things more to my own preferences. And then I would be accused of being "manipulative". LOT of conflict over the course of my life because of that. Ugh.

[@healingbygiusi]

The struggle is SO real.. ugh:( I'm sorry that was your experience. I can relate because I had all the markings of a leader...and YET..never once.. was I ever put in that role. It was quite the opposite. I was always pushed out. This in itself is a huge topic I think. And why those who actually have good leadership and revolutionary skills and visions, are not actually cast in these roles. Quite the opposite. And I believe, very much intentionally.