bookish overthinker

anxious bookworm. she/her. grad student. fiction lover and worrier. trying to keep hope.

"coraline is longing for the sea but is afraid of the water"

[No Nonsense Neurodivergent @NoNonsenseND]

Neurodivergence IS my identity.

It is not an "illness" to me.

I'm not "ill" just because society decides to cater supremacy to neurotypicals.

[bookish overthinker @bookishandshy]

@AliArthPainter Yeah, I get that, I just guess the social pressure to enjoy clubs and similar spaces/events makes me want to find a sense of....idk, validation or legitimacy for not liking it

[bookish overthinker @bookishandshy]

@AliArthPainter Yeah sure, I guess I just wondered whether the general tendency to avoid this kind of place because of the stress associated with it could be linked to autism.I love music but hate being immersed in huge groups of people.

[jules 🦢 @mrkgemma]

well maybe you should stop doing it then

[Simon Hintermann @Aurumek_]

Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮

[Laura Elliott @TinyWriterLaura]

but reading IS fun… i’m sorry but i fundamentally don’t understand this take!!! there was nothing more exciting to me as a kid than living in the world of a book and so many of my best memories are dressing up as characters from those books and playing with my friends afterwards

[abhay @thexkiddd__]

Finding old music you used to love is like getting back in touch with an old friend.

[🎀 Peachie! 🎀 @pastelpxchie]

If I said I wanted a croissant and someone gave me beans instead,,,we are fighting

[tay @hairball1952]

#me

[✶ @uxcel]

unfortunately, i'm not nonchalant or mysterious i'm just a naturally awkward person who becomes talkative once i'm comfortable

[jegævi @jegaevi]

As someone who's diagnosed with an anxiety disorder I disagree. I hate giving presentations, I start shaking and hyperventilating. I still had to do them and it did not get easier with time. You should try doing things, but pushing yourself isn't always the best solution.

[!?( ･ • ; r0sh1 ♡ @2awesum4you]

i want to interact with people!
*easily gets overwhelmed and embarrassed*
*easily gets overwhelmed and embarrassed*
*easily gets overwhelmed and embarrassed*
*easily gets overwhelmed and embarrassed*
*easily gets overwhelmed and embarrassed*
*gets too uncomfortable and leaves*

[bookish overthinker @bookishandshy]

@OrangeYouGlad38 yes, and it's like these "choices" are based on certain norms and expectations even when people proclaim their agency and decisions

[a ⚢ @havanar0seliu]

BEING AGAINST THE HYPERSEXUALISATION OF WOMEN ISNT PURITY CULTURE I CANT TAKE THIS SHIT ANYMORE

[jules 🦢 @mrkgemma]

and when you people realise purity culture & sexual misogyny can be equally harmful to women you'll be mindblown. opposing purity culture ≠ wanting women to find comfort in degrading acts deeply rooted in misogyny.