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vamptastic · 4 months ago

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i am like. very good at seeming normal and thinking back a lot of my coping (and masking, idrk) skills come from my old girl scout troop leader yelling at me. miss debbie you made those meetings a living hell but i did appreciate your wisdom when it came to backpacking and fire safety

#the actual experience sucked so bad but she did teach me how to make eye contact (look over the head) and stop self injurious fidgeting #until 10ish i used to lick my lips when they were chapped and then pick at them which is like having a giant scab on your face 😭#and she made my parents finally buy me some goddamn chapstick #idk she was very harsh but also my parents kinda just.. ignored (?) my obvious neurodivergency so #while i don't appreciate being made to feel like a giant piece of shit for it i do appreciate being able to look normal #and she at least taught me ways to work around myself rather than just telling me to suppress my discomfort like most people #like idk i wish i had my Stuff checked out as a kid but getting yelled at by my troop leader probably beats ABA #and atp any diagnosis more stigmatized than like. my adhd. would get in the way of stuff i want to do (transition and immigration)

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