https://xcancel.com/_Rewhan/status/1836259357660754350

  • Cammy [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    This reminds me of that story here a while back about the autistic man who didn't react appropriately to someone's death and being convicted of murder.

    It's fucking bleak out here that we have to make Oscar- winning emotional performances to convince people we have feelings.

    I think masking as a concept gets mistaken as just concealing ND traits, when there is this element of forced emoting involved as well. You're actively masking when you force a smile to convince a person that you're actually happy. God forbid you can't cry on command to align with the pain you're feeling.

    If someone tells you they're feeling a certain way, just believe them. You have nothing to lose.

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
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      2 months ago

      god i love it when people tell me how they are feeling out loud and i don't have to puzzle over it anxiously

      • Cammy [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        Oh my god I'd love a world where 'how are you' can be answered honestly or never asked at all.

        • Ithorian [comrade/them, null/void]
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          2 months ago

          I just answer with some variation of "still alive" it's the only appropriate I can say that wouldn't just be bull shit.

          • Cammy [she/her]
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            2 months ago

            I do the, 'I'm here' and let my circumstances speak for themselves.

          • Imnecomrade [none/use name]
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            2 months ago

            I'm not even angry

            I'm being so sincere right now

            Even though you broke my heart and killed me