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personally? bad eye contact. accidentally using innuendos because there's 80 million of them and I forgot to consider one of them when I was speaking. not catching somebody's meaning when they hid it in an innocuous statement. severe irritability in the cold or around loud continuous noise. overstepping a social boundary and abruptly withdrawing half an hour late when it dawns on me what I did. having no boundaries to other people because I'm trying to be personable and blend in when I don't.
all together that sounds pretty obvious but it never happens all at once. if I've gotten enough sleep then I will mask most of it, whether I want to or not