"I simply can"t communicate my needs-" learn how to.
"I"m bad at communicating my feelings-" learn it then.
"I constantly lose friends because I don"t keep up with them-" make an effort.
"I just have terrible emotional regulation-" self-reflect. Get better.
"Sorry I"m always late-" improve your time management strategies.
"Everytime I meet this person they make me feel awful-" don"t meet them anymore. I know it"s hard, do it anyway.
"My relationship with my partner is suffering because I never talk to them about what I need and want-" they can"t read your mind. Learn to talk.
If you are an adult, you can learn how to handle your own feelings. Sit down, write it down, self-reflect, make strategies. Seek change. Better yourself.
Weaponized emotional incompetence, where you expect people around you to handle your issues without ever trying to change, isn"t the way to go. You have agency, use it.
I want to add something to this post because it"s been gaining traction:
Being in therapy is not the end-all fix for your problems and issues either. Don"t get me wrong, therapy is good and important. But if you expect your therapist to "fix" you while you play a passive role in your own healing, it"s not healing at all.
Getting better, self-improvement and healthy emotional regulation will ALWAYS demand work from YOU. Not your therapist, not your friends, not your partner. You gotta put in actual hard work to make changes to your own life. A diagnosis isn"t an excuse to stagnate, and it"s not an excuse to treat people like shit or expect them to accommodate you far beyond any reasonable expectations.
Your therapist only has one hour with you a week.* You have the rest of the hours.
*unless you’re in iop or php