When you’re the only non-neurotypical person at your firm and it feels like everyone else knows what’s going on but you… making you feel like the idiot.

And when you reach out to someone they’re either very slow to reply and dry. Lol

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Slow down and get some perspective- you have no idea if you’re the only non-neurotypical person at your firm (statistically probably very remote chance of this) and if you’re at Deloitte it’s definitely not true. Go take a walk outside and get some air 😊

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Thanks P1. Though I am going on my 3rd project here and have struggled on all three when doing low level work.

Maybe think about it differently, they probably have no idea you are different from them. Just take it easy, take a deep breath, and think it through.

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