I've been on this website for 15 years and it's so hard to let it go but I'm so tired of what this place has become.
I'm going to be on BlueSky from now on. If we're mutuals and you're there let me know and I'll follow you. Much love to you all <3
I’m not saying you’re definitely autistic if you catch yourself wishing you could hit the pause button on being a person and just exist as an inanimate object for awhile, but it’s definitely a tick in the “More likely” column…
Now when people tell me "you're so smart" I'm internally like "oh no I fooled them and they will be so disappointed when they find out I'm stupid actually" 💀
The "Gifted Kid" to "Anxious Adult" pipeline is realizing you never actually learned how to study – you just learned how to be naturally good at things.
Now, as an adult, if I can't master a new skill perfectly in the first 5 minutes, my brain doesn't say, "You need practice."
It screams: "You are a fraud, your intelligence was a lie, and we must quit immediately before anyone notices."
The "Gifted Kid" to "Anxious Adult" pipeline is realizing you never actually learned how to study – you just learned how to be naturally good at things.
Now, as an adult, if I can't master a new skill perfectly in the first 5 minutes, my brain doesn't say, "You need practice."
It screams: "You are a fraud, your intelligence was a lie, and we must quit immediately before anyone notices."
just silently woke up from a nap and heard my partner say “yar! I can’t find me spatuler!” From the kitchen In a Mr Krabs voice. How often does she do this kind of stuff to entertain herself I wonder