don't even aspire to not be mentally ill anymore, I honestly just aspire to be mentally ill in a way that lets me still be a functioning person
I think this is a more common sentiment than you might think. A lot of us come to accept ourselves and how our brains work, but we wish we could live in a more accommodating society
Yeah, seems likely. I know that I'm never going to have a "neurotypical" brain, whatever that is. Still, I hope that someday I can at least get past the threshold of "modern communication causes my brain to shut off and stop working", haha.
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I think this is a more common sentiment than you might think. A lot of us come to accept ourselves and how our brains work, but we wish we could live in a more accommodating society
Society please just guarantee the basics
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Yeah, seems likely. I know that I'm never going to have a "neurotypical" brain, whatever that is. Still, I hope that someday I can at least get past the threshold of "modern communication causes my brain to shut off and stop working", haha.