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AuroraBorealis

AuroraBorealis

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  • AuroraBorealis
    I was just at a dinner with a friend and her family. It was very nice but I am DEAD right now. I am so worn out, I could fall asleep this second. Talking, smiling, listening, noises, smells, light... it was so much
    AuroraBorealis
    Anyone else's skin feels prickly and uncomfortable each time they're sick, and especially when they're running a temperature? Usually, I have no problems with skin sensitivity, but right now, it feels like everything prickles and touch is uncomfortable. It's always been this way. Interesting phenomenon.
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    Misty Avich
    When I even just have a cold I can feel very achy, lethargic and uncomfortable all over, to the point where I don't want to leave my home as it can soar my anxiety. This is why I often take sick days off when I have a cold, which I then get criticised about because it's an unwritten rule in most work places where a cold shouldn't stop you
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    Misty Avich
    from coming to work, as everyone else at work comes in with colds and they still seem functional, just have a stuffy nose. With me a cold seems to be more than just a stuffy nose, it seems to give me similar symptoms to the flu.
    AuroraBorealis
    AuroraBorealis
    @Misty Avich good for you to stay home when you're sick. I think it's really annoying that people have this expectation to come to work when you're sick. You give your illness to everyone else, and you can't recover properly.
    AuroraBorealis
    Thank god for text messages! The person I worked with for the past 2 months just said goodbye to me unexpectedly before leaving, and I just managed to smile and nod but was somehow socially blocked for more because I was caught off guard. So I sent a message with the things I wanted to say.
    AuroraBorealis
    I just managed 10 normal push-ups for the first time! Also, I can highly recommend to watch "Schitt's Creek" - it's hilarious, deep and lovely, and has some (inofficial) ND characters whose portrayals I just love.
    AuroraBorealis
    My family reacts to my increasing unmasking by suggesting a head scan because "suddenly noises bother you when they didn't before". I want to scream that they always bothered me, I just never showed it. I know they mean well, but those reactions make me angry and hurt me. I don't want those suggestions. Sorry for ranting.
    AuroraBorealis
    One of the dogs at the place I am right now might die soon (we found a nasty-looking tumor). I've only known the dogs for a month but I've grown attached, and I'm really sad about it. It's dog paradise here, he surely had a wonderful life, but I am still very sad.
    AuroraBorealis
    I just told my sister about my autism diagnosis. Her reaction: it doesn't surprise her. I don't know how I feel about that right now :D
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    Tony Ramirez
    Tony Ramirez
    I told my trustworthy friends. They have not judged or treated me differently at all. It's a relief because now I can be myself around them.
    AuroraBorealis
    AuroraBorealis
    Thanks. Yeah, somehow, I didn't expect that reaction. She used to be very judgmental (and still is about some things). Her current job really seems to have given her some new perspective. It's weird but I guess it's good
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    Misty Avich
    When I was first diagnosed with ADHD my husband said "you don't need a diagnosis to figure that out" 🤣
    AuroraBorealis
    Some days are just "such days". Bad mood without a real reason, quickly feeling insufficient, sad and anxious through only minor triggers. But well, tomorrow'll be a new day. Maybe it's just a day to curl up with a book.
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    marc_101
    That's the best attitude, or at least what works for me. Not believing the feelings are true and thinking they will go away. And then go to bed or not do much that day.
    AuroraBorealis
    I bought a plush animal today and I was so happy when I found it! Wearing headphones (because the store played too loud music), jumping up and down smiling because we had finally found the right kind of plush pokemon, it was probably the least masked I've been in public (apart from overstimulation/meltdowns) I remember. It was so great!
    AuroraBorealis
    Starting tomorrow, my partner will be home again all day too. I love them, obviously, but it's been so good to be alone at home during weekdays until the afternoon. I need to figure out strategies to get enough alone-time and to unmask enough to not have meltdowns - haven't fully managed so far.
    AuroraBorealis
    Anyone else hates booking travels? I just spent around 2h booking flights, trains and buses for a planned trip (after procrastinating it forever), and I feel like my brain has run a marathon.
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    Misty Avich
    I go into the travel agents to book my holidays, as I cannot do it by myself online. I like to be able to ask any questions that usually a computer can't answer
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    VictorR
    I'm probably the opposite - I love working out itineraries. That being stated, sometimes too many options can be overwhelming.
    AuroraBorealis
    There's a slight change in my plans - a trip that was supposed be 3 weeks from now has been moved up a few days. I know it's not the end of the world, but my body reacts so anxious you might think my whole future depends on it.
    Judge
    Judge
    So many of us can have such adverse reactions to change, especially when they are perceived as those "best made plans".
    AuroraBorealis
    AuroraBorealis
    Yep. And the annoying part is that my brain knows that those changes are usually not that big of a deal, but I still can't help the anxiety kicking in.
    AuroraBorealis
    I feel lonely. I'm very lucky to call a few people my friends, and I have an amazing partner. But I miss having "my people", a group of people where I can be completely myself, unmasked, and loved and accepted for that. I feel like I haven't found them yet, and I don't know if I ever will.
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    marc_101
    Work on that feeling of belonging. You don't have to be exactly like others to belong. It's just a feeling. Took me many years and I still fail at it, but not as bad.
    AuroraBorealis
    AuroraBorealis
    @marc_101 What do you mean by "work on it"? Like, how exactly?
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    marc_101
    Hm, good question. Not sure, working on it myself. For me, it's a conscious effort to change my mindset. To focus on similarities rather than differences. To tell myself that I belong. Wish I had a better answer.
    AuroraBorealis
    I'm getting more and more overwhelmed right now from everyone talking and the TV on during family visit. I just secretly put in my earplugs, thank god they're fairly inconspicuous.
    AuroraBorealis
    I'm on holidays at an amazing, exciting place and all I want right now is to go home. I just arrived today, but I miss my home, my safe surroundings, my boyfriend and our cat so much... I can't just quit because it would disappoint my sister so much who's with me, and I won't do it and it's probably also exhaustion and massive overload right now, but I needed to be able to say this out loud.
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    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Sorry to read this. Maybe the rest will go by fast.
    AuroraBorealis
    AuroraBorealis
    Thank you for your answers. It's better by now - I slept 12 hours the first night and that surely did some good. I still miss home and my boyfriend, but I'm not that sad anymore. It's somewhat overwhelming but we're taking it easy and I used my earplugs at particularly crowded and noisy places, which helped.
    It sure it beautiful here. Just difficult to adjust.
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    marc_101
    Yay! If you're like me, you won't want to come back in a couple of days :)
    AuroraBorealis
    Does anyone else feel the urge to copy down scenes from series/movies as a sort of manuscript, either in exactly the way it's played, or with an alternative ending, and can't stop thinking about the scene until it's done and "out of their system"? That's sort of my comfort thing to do. Got about 30 or so written out scenes from different series/movies on my computer, some in various editions and different languages.
    Forest Cat
    Forest Cat
    I did that when I was a kid, not really sure why, I just liked doing it. I remember I watched E.T and then I wrote down the entire movie afterwards. From start to finish, with descriptions of all the scenes. It took some time, it's a 2 hour movie.
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