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How Do you Feel Good About Yourself?

Doing nothing.

If I don't feel good and

If I'm able to find space

Peace and quiet.

I naturally start to feel good.

Taking time to look at nature,not being in a hurry.

I don't need anything to feel good,generally.

Other things don't usually add to it.

I think that I appreciate these moments of your poetic mood even more than the funny wisecracks.
 
I know in my own mind that contrary to what some people online say about me, I am NOT a retarded workshy slave to the benefit system. I have over 20 years of experience of voluntary work and would willingly do more if there was anything going that was suitable, but to be honest I don't wanna do Charity shop work, been there done that and literally worn the T shirt in some cases.

I'm also a decent gamer, OK I haven't done any achievements on Xbox so far this month, but I've been busy doing offline non gaming stuff.

And I finally worked out how to record and upload Xbox game footage to my YouTube account, it's a bit of a long process but doable.
 
Usually its when I have done something for someone/something else. Found the perfect gift, moved a snake out of the road, given a compliment, etc.

Now if your on the spectrum, I know you don't like attention, etc, so all I can do for you is move you out of the road.
 
by setting my own benchmarks of happiness and not letting external expectations/ preconceptions determine or influence my appreciation of what makes me happy or unhappy

pe i enjoy being alone, i enjoy it, who cares that other people say you have to have friends to be happy

pe i enjoy being in quiet rooms without much light, who cares if other people find that weird

etc etc
 
What makes you feel good about yourself?

Deep common sense and problem solving (as long as its not drama related)
Getting lost in music
Ending my day with all the stuff checked off my list
reading, listening, or writing about DEEP subjects
Going out to the woods or to the lake and just lay back and think about nothing mostly
(oddly) drag racing... I miss it, but it hurts my ears too much, no matter what I do these days : (

Are there ways others can help you with this?

Take the "box" everyone thinks I need to be in, and the status quo it contains... and shove it into some dark part of the Universe (never to be seen again)...

Reserve "expectations" for those who like that kind of stuff and expect the unconventional from me.

REALIZE I am different, I am not like 99% of the population... I never expect to be treated special, just give me my time, my space, my peace, my joy - no matter how boring or weird it might seem to someone else.

Let me find my own brand of happy, and allow me to know its not a place, a person, or a thing... its a state of mind.

Allow me to just smile and go on... and not force me into conversations I care nothing about having... : )

My new tee shirt might explain this even better... (then again?)

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I wish it said "I dislike people." I don't like the word hate very much...
 

I wish money was based on thought, not an NT based economic system... most of us would be disgustingly rich... : ) Money is just dirty paper with no real value anymore...

Maybe we are rich and just don't realize it yet... : )
 
I wish money was based on thought, not an NT based economic system... most of us would be disgustingly rich... : ) Money is just dirty paper with no real value anymore...

Maybe we are rich and just don't realize it yet... : )

Checkout the money in the island of Yap.
 
Checkout the money in the island of Yap.
It was a good read until... “On a child’s first birthday, if a clan is of high rank and has some small stone money, they will cut a chicken and drain the blood on the boy’s head to recognise the moment."

A whole new realm for "getting stoned" and "blood money"... : )
 

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