Friendships can be challenging among neurodivergent individuals.

In this story, a man feels frustrated when his friends constantly talk about their special interests.

There is one character he strongly dislikes, and his friend kept talking about it daily.

As someone who is also neurodivergent, he struggled with feeling hypocritical while becoming increasingly annoyed and overwhelmed.

The situation left him questioning whether his reaction was fair or if he was in the wrong.

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WIBTA/for being upset people talk about their interest/things they like? AITA

To fill in some things here, I am neurodivergent.

My closest friends are neurodivergent, aside from one who is definitely undiagnosed.

Aside from that, this will just focus on the people I chat with.

As said in the post, I am ND. Some others are as well.

This man gets aggressive when annoyed.

ND people have their special interest. This is something they will go on and on about.

I become an extremely pessimistic and sardonic person when I become annoyed.

This happens daily. I feel I never get to talk as freely about my interest.

I generally do have a tendency to dismiss with aggression if someone is doing something I do not like.

His friend would go on and on about a character he hates.

One of my friend’s interests is a character I hate.

I will forever believe this character is overrated. For weeks, it feels like months.

They have been going on about this character every day. I am just starting to ignore it.

I am becoming distressed about them talking about this character.

Now, he’s wondering if his feelings are valid.

But it is their special interest, correct? Yes, and I have mine as well.

Yet I feel hypocritical if I say to them, “You do not have to talk about your interest so much.”

I feel like I do. The thing is, this is a character I have despised for years. Years, I say.

So, AITA for disliking people constantly talking about their interest as an ND person?

You can’t force someone to like or dislike a particular character.

But as he is neurodivergent, it’s understandable why he would feel that way.

He is not wrong for getting tired of hearing about a character he hates every day.

But his friend is also not wrong to be excited about it. Perhaps they just need some sort of balance about it.

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Even shared traits don’t guarantee shared patience.