"Please stop telling me to leave my comfort zone"

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"Please stop telling me to leave my comfort zone"

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Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Please stop telling me to leave my comfort zone

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Our comfort zones are there to protect us, even if productivity specialists say otherwise

I came across this article from 2018 and it really spoke to me as a late-diagnosed autistic only just learning what “comfortable” feels like.

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