Too Much for Us Both

Some people only feel deep connection once or twice in their lives — a first kiss, a perfect choir moment, a flash of chemistry they can’t explain. For me, it can happen in seconds. Autistic nervous systems like mine can attune incredibly fast. Heart rate, breath, micro-expressions, even subtle body sway — my system picks them up immediately. It’s not romance. It’s accelerated neural coupling. The other person feels something rare. I feel s...