Being neurodivergent and empathetic affects so many aspects of my life. Especially my dating life. So many men feel "seen" by me because I understand them. The reason why I understand is because I am good at pattern recognition, understanding human psychology because it was one of my hyperfixations and because of my empathy. They confuse being understood as me being compatible with them for a relationship, but sadly when I enter a relationship I spend 90% of the time explaining what I feel or what I said had no hidden meaning it's exhausting. I hope my fellow neurodivergents would know this feelingmore