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Try walking through a field full of land mines blindfolded and you will understand
What's an example of a mine in this metaphor?
Picking the wrong picture.
Going in to too much detail about the picture.
Going in to too little detail about the picture.
Going in to the wrong kind of detail about the picture.
Not showing the right amount of interest in other people's pictures.
Being asked a question about my picture that I'm not prepared for and saying something "weird".
The amount of stress even thinking about this meeting has caused me is nuts. The amount of masking I'd have to employ to get though this meeting would leave me exhausted for days. I know it's not rational, but it's how our brains work. Luckily my supervisor is awesome and agreed to give me cover for skipping it.
What a relief!
It isn't clear what the social expectations and if we get it wrong we get rejected. (Neurotypicals have their subconscious to tell them what to do. That same subconscious will decide friend vs foe)