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This plus some autist traits I think led to my anti authority under pinnings. You get told no a lot for reasons they can't explain and you start too a majority of norms are just enforced through sociol habit
The issue is that people (such as myself) on the spectrum need justifications and require explanations. If you can't provide them, all you are doing is being confusing and we HATE being confused. Ambiguity is our "gamma radiation," if you catch my meaning.
It's situational but I didn't have this it was very clear why I was being told no because the majority is neurotypical so I was an outlier. Always told to be quiet. Always told to stop fidgeting. Always told to stop touching things. Always told to slow down. On and on. I never asked why because I knew why. I was not behaving like everyone else.
What I didn't know and wasn't explained was I couldn't do those things as easily as everyone else because my brain literally wouldn't let me.