This graphic was part of a Facebook post I found helpful (see link). I saved it to remind myself that I'm not wrong or a terrible person just because I'm anxious; there probably are reasons (often the ones described here). I'm hoping that identifying them and working on accommodations might help more than my previous approaches (since those were "hide all your feelings and push through" or "tell yourself this doesn't matter" there's plenty of room for improvement!)
This reminded me of this quote. And I relate.
Learning how to regulate and embody one sensitivity is an ongoing practice but definitely worth the effort. ✨️🫶🏻🧘♀️✨️
@Ilovechai@Autisticaurochs@actuallyautistic@autisticadvocacy@actuallyaudhd@neurodiversity Great, I'm the James Webb Telescope, but never had a team of NASA engineers before I was put into orbit. Now I'm stuck up here with no way down except burning up in the atmosphere and it's cold and scary and there's too many other things in orbit wizzing by me.
Or maybe I just take analogies too far sometimes. 😝
@dogzilla@paninid I just read "The Pursuit of Happiness" by J. Rosen, which had this fun fact about Jefferson: His great fear was that god is a just god and would require recompense from Jefferson for his hypocritical refusal to give up his lifestyle and the enslaved humans he needed to maintain it.
a teaching colleague who I know but not well (who I don’t like - he comes off as a detached mansplainer) messaged me in social media: “call me when you get a chance” because he has a “poetry venue idea” for me
ugh
UGH
Yes, this could be helpful info, but why is it being held hostage in exchange for an unnecessary social interaction, on the PHONE no less???
“Hey sean, venue x might be a good spot for poetry. Lmk if you want details” is fine. But this?
@darrellpf
I agree. I hate news teasers. I do social media for a eco org, and I never do teasers, I put very basic facts, and a link. A fascinating fact, and a link. I hate having to click a link to find out wtf they meant in the first place. @seanwithwords@actuallyautistic
A quick update on Nao and Shylke (Cat-a-clysm)'s situation
So, we've been effectively "confined" in what was a B&B by this one's mother; she said this was "good enough for our needs for now", but she really only wanted us out of the question. Rent is € 400/mo. and the place is shitty to say the least. The only "good thing" is that it's placed in the city centre so we can go anywhere from here. We got scammed by the real estate agency, so for the first month we actually paid four times as much, and we're now struggling to make ends meet.
As always we're trying to stay strong but we cried and we're still crying as there's no one here nor there that is willing to truly help us.
As for Nao personally, well, this one is being gaslit and exploited both psychologically and financially. Mom wants all of its disability money now that it gets some, so that she can tie Nao to her and keep it as her pawn. In the other hand, Nao really really likes living on its own and being kind of independent, and it really loves staying with Shylke. This is the main reason why mother is now trying to pressure us both into splitting apart. We believe - firmly - there's a lot of detachment crisis into it, but mom is not handling this "as a mother should", to say the very least. Oppression and manipulation is making Nao very unstable, and it's almost being forced to call the psych ward and to be put in patient care.
This said, we're very deeply sorry we're having a truly hard time to work on ourselves and also on our projects - the Celeste Hearts for him, and Ampersand for both of us.
We've been denied of any IRL help. Currently, Nao's parents are trying to hold it hostage at its parents' home, while Shylke is staying at the B&B. We don't know what to do and we're preparing for the worst.