@LikeMaryNMartha Yes, absolutely with so many things. It's been pointed out by physio in recent months that I'm scared to do a whole range of movements because I'm scared of the potential for pain.. Even though once I've done the movement there is no pain I'm still terrified to try again.
@SoSciOnWheels@KathleenWarthen@RebeccaCokley This was a problem I did bring up and I got told 'everyone has their individual crosses to bear, it will never be more than you can manage' etc etc. This while I was also being abused.
Hugely hipocritical and devastating really.
@KathleenWarthen@RebeccaCokley Yes, this one affected family relationships.
Can't take Communion so you arent actively practicing even if you do everything else. 'Jesus suffered for us, you can manage a little suffering for him'!
Erm nope.
No longer practicing for oh so many reasons.
@learner_autism 2/2
I don't always know why I don't like something but always felt pressured to explain myself, whether people asked or not. I also don't always know if I like something.
If I want kids to try something I put it on a table and leave it there, I dont comment on it and try it 2/3x.
@learner_autism One thing for me is that if i think I'm being watched trying something new I probably won't try it. I might try to sneak something new away to try in private. The pressure of reacting appropriately or not letting people down, or being able to even express if I like it or not. 1/2
@RevDaniel I was told all this... Was a final straw for me lost faith in the church.
You "need more faith...need to pray more...are going to hell...we're afraid for your soul..."
I had great faith, I prayed, I begged, I wrote out prayers and studied. Didn't stop the abuse.
Therapy helped.
@AutieBuilder @NeuroRebel This for me too. Taken myself off things many times because of side effects they told me didn't exist... Side effects always cleared up off the medications.
@asexualACES@asexuality I mean mostly people decided because 'it's not real' and it's a 'non-identity' they could come out for me to anyone and everyone... And so they did.
And then people laughed and told me I am 'gay but refuse to except it'.. Lots of rude comments too from people I'd never have told.
@whispy_witch@SNeurotypicals Once I read the additional notes I can answer easy.
Hate creams/lotions anything on my face. It makes me feel like I'm suffocating or something... No idea why.
(aside, took me ages to get used to glasses & still don't like them yrs later, cloth masks are OK now took a few months)
@asexuality I have one, haven't worn it in a long while... Must root it out (though I fear it's 'locked down' in another house outside the allowed radius). But it was purely for me, to feel like I wasn't so alone...so even having it in a box and rarely wearing it is enough most of the time.
@ratlennon @AlexSpectrum128 I remember answering, an extremely anti abortion (in my face wouldn't leave me alone), that with "I wish! my life would definitely have been a lot easier if I didn't have to live it, as a child who was poor, abused, and born because 'catholic'" shut them up for a bit...
Me too. Everything is written down, clear to see... But never connected... Multiple dx at this point. Its so distressing to feel no one even tried...Instead everyone told me I was being lazy and complaining about nothing.
Even more distressing to know it still happens every day.
@ehlersdanlosuk I lost so much time not knowing what was wrong with me 😔 Almost all of those signs were present when I was a child and continued into adulthood.
#KnowledgeIsPower ✌🏻