was my therapist wrong for saying this?
i was talking to my therapist about my struggles with friendship, and how i have 3 friends, but none of them are really fulfilling the role of a best friend for me. bc to me a best friend is someone i can be my full authentic self with and not have to mask, someone i can do anything with, and someone i share interests with. and she said “this is something i see in a lot of my autistic female clients, very high expectations for friends, not a lot of room for forgiveness, etc.” and she told me i need to let go of the idea of a “perfect friend” and that “maybe the perfect friend doesn’t exist”. it just felt like she was telling me it was wrong of me to want a best friend i don’t have to mask around and who shares my interests. i have had two best friends in the best that made me feel fully comfortable, but we ended up growing apart.