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three months until i get to go back to school. i can deal with three months.
#boink#it's been two weeks and it's already just so taxing#like school is stressful too but at least it's sort of self contained#at least i'm somewhat in control of things#i know i'm not really an adult yet#but the last two semesters of relative independence#well i appreciated being able to just do things#like being able to decide when to eat#going places without having to wait to get approval first#like obviously i had a rough school year#but at least the consequences and events were organic#like i could fuck up my classes without having to come home to people getting mad at me for arbitrary things#like my mom just got mad at me bc i knocked on the bathroom door to loud#i'm anxious atm bc the house fan is on and the noise stresses me out so maybe i did knock too loud idk#but anyway she comes into my room and starts freaking out about anger management issues#which yeah honestly true enough#but like. not about this?#i am just overstimulated fam#i wasn't angry and i didn't even interact with anyone before i got shit for wanting to close my door and calm down a little#so anyway#stuff like that#little decisions and motions and things#i just prefer being on my own ig
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finally at that age where i'm thinking i should get a tattoo. not bc i feel strongly about it, just seems like a waste not to. i've got so much skin i'm not using
#feels so selfish like. all this skin what am i saving it for?#open to design suggestions! (please make me regret this offer)#maybe some deep sea horrors. a pretty watercolor of a gulper eel#once saw a person on the subway with various Skeleton Tattoos on all their limbs#i respected their commitment to the theme#but more than that i respected how all the skeletons were engaged in Activities#dancing in a ballgown. juggling its own (and two other???) skulls. swordfighting. being a mermaid skeleton#ANYWAY. the only reason i haven't already gotten tattoos is i just couldn't be bothered#i'm old enough to know i don't have any strong-but-potentially-temporary feelings driving me towards it#aesthetically i prefer decorated to non-decorated surfaces. but i'm not artistic or thrilled with commitment#honestly it feels like sheer laziness. indecisiveness--nay. immaturity!--that i HAVEN'T gotten a tattoo yet#letting all this blank canvas go to waste. tut tut i need to grow up and be an adult and get a tattoo sleeve already.#really i've put off my responsibilities long enough#(in fairness i DID at one time have 18 different piercings)#(but i took most of them out bc they interfere with wearing headphones and/or shoving my face in my pillow during Sleep Time)#(i only kept the nape piercing bc oddly enough it ended up being the most convenient. and the least painful to get now i think about it.)#(neck piercing? no problem. normal pair of earrings? Tribulations And Suffering. i don't make the rules i just poke them with a stick.)
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Guys I literally JUST realized a thing about my autism/masking/alexithymia. I noticed there was an alexithymia tag here on tumblr and when I investigated, there was this one post listing these symptoms:
and I just--
I've had these exact, MAJOR struggles through my whole life for one.
But for two, and what's really interesting in my opinion...
Yesterday, I was having a video call with my mom. I've been off of some medications that I'm supposed to be taking because of financial issues, so my mental is NOT in a great place and I've had NO spoons for the past month. But while on call with her, she seriously, unironically, asked me if I thought I really needed the meds. Because, apparently, I "wasn't acting like I needed them" or something like that. And I'm sure I don't need to explain why that pissed me tf off.
But, like... at the time, the closest thing I could come up with for an answer was that "I have no spoons and no energy to do anything"; "I lived 17 years without meds, I kind-of know how to fake it"; and "I haven't had much socializing lately, so I have enough Social Energy™ to fake being okay right now."
Now that I'm not being put on the spot and after reading that post, I'm slowly figuring out that I've always done this. I mean, I've obviously always struggled to describe my own emotions and need to analyze my physical reactions to figure them out, but like. I'm just now starting to realize that I've really struggled to describe exactly how I'm "feeling bad" or, in fact, that I am feeling bad at all.
I mean, again, considering the alexithymia, that last part is a given. But it's kinda putting into perspective exactly how I've always had to understand "I don't have the energy to do anything" or "it's incredibly difficult to do anything" or "something deep inside of me feels Wrong™ and I can neither address nor identify it". I'd just passively have those "feelings" and struggle to continue life despite them.
It brings back thoughts of my struggles with masking, and how I was never diagnosed with autism as a child. Looking back, it should've been incredibly obvious. I had SO many of the tell-tale signs. But I guess it wasn't today, and there wasn't anywhere near as much awareness of what those signs were... but really. Textbook.
I'm sure my masking made it more difficult to recognize the signs as I got older. Hell, I even read over different "autism diagnosis checklist"s countless times, thinking to myself "oh wow it's a lot like me!... exceeeeeptttt--" and moved on from there.
I keep digressing. My point is, since discovering my autism and how it was hidden by masking, I've always wondered where my mask ends and where I begin. Most of the time, I feel like I feel nothing, even when I'm not depressed. I've been told I don't show my emotions, like when I'm happy (aka my chest is light and I feel free). That, or people can't tell when I like/dislike them (though that's partially a trauma thing). Other times, I've been told I'm smiling when I didn't even realize I was happy, much less that I was actually smiling. Some people have told me I'm incredibly easy to read, that my emotions show very clearly. But how can they when I feel like I feel nothing?
Which leads me back to what I said earlier, my conversation with my mother. How she asked if I actually need my meds because "I don't seem like I do". I guess I kind-of understand now, why she might've seen it that way. Do most people always show signs of how they actually feel? And how does the fact that I "don't feel" effect what I show?
I've wondered about that for a while. How much of how I act is because I was trained to, one way or another? How much of the emotion I show is because I learned to? Do I even show the emotions I feel? I really can't know because the people I know irl, who would better be able to tell me how I act, aren't understanding of any of these things. My older sister is lowkey ableist and thinks she sees the grand plan of the universe, my mother is too "pull yourself up by the bootstraps!!!" to accept Spoon Theory or mental health struggles, and just about everyone else in my life comes and goes as quickly as the wind.
Anyhow, this was a long rant that I've kinda had half-formed thoughts about for a while. Thanks for reading, hopefully this can help or entertain whoever stumbles upon this?
#Barlowe's thoughts#long post#btw if you were wondering#the reason I kept looking at autism diagnosis checklists is because I was writing autistic characters#and I didn't know I was autistic yet#the first one was on purpose#but the second one was a complete accident haha#after I got my diagnosis#and yknow#got an understanding of my autism and others'#I actually did an amazing job on the first character#and obviously especially on the second haha#Basil my beloved#he's actually so much like me#ANOTHER thing that really should've tipped me off tbh#I think it's because Basil doesn't mask whereas I do#tho maybe it's also slightly related to the whole “he's a guy and I'm a woman” thing?#idk but#autism#autistic adult#autistic#autistic things#actually autistic#actually audhd#audhd#alexithymia#masking#neurodivergent#autism masking#autistic struggles
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(Idk if someone asked this already) since we’re on the topic of gender
sci what is gender to you and how do you see it in you and how you express it in your art?? (Just a young queer artist who wants some light shined upon them 🥺)
i 'unno ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#gender is soup#sci speaks#i'm so sorry i know you might hope for something profound but... i think when i'm put on the spot like this i can't say anything really#i think whatever i am is definitely pervasive in everything i write#but like.. gender means something different to wade than it does for peter.#just like it'll be different for everybody. we make different associations based on our experiences and our trauma.#like.. wade associates femininity with love. because of his mother. associates masculinity with violence. because of his father.#peter associates masculinity with responsibility. because of uncle ben. associates femininity with confidence. because of aunt may.#i think there's all kinds of reasons why we choose to present the way we do. and what gender means to us.#just like we'll associate a colour with something. or a smell with a memory. it's complicated.#i don't think i'm some kind of expert on gender things but... i just find it interesting to explore. the psychology of it.#i don't think it's supernatural. it doesn't come from nowhere. but it should be a playground.#i don't think anyone in this world should be restricted to a certain role to play. i want to try all the roles and see how it fits.#see how well i can play them.#maybe because i haven't found one that quite fits. so i want the opportunity to try whatever i can. see what feels right.#i think it would be fun to be a wife. i think it would be fun to be a husband. i think it would be fun to be a firefighter. i think it wo#shrugs. different outfits for every day. different roles to play.#today i'd like to try...#i think it's like kids learning how to be adults by playing pretend. by playing roles.#i'm learning more about myself and other people and fitting into the world by trying on different roles.#kids playing house. you be the mom. i'll be the dad. yadda yadda.#i still feel like a bit of a kid who hasn't figured out how to be an adult yet. so i'm still trying out roles to see what fits.
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OC-tober 2023, Day 8: Past & Day 31: Costume (LOL, no rules!!!) (bweird prompt list)
October - happy birthday B. Warrick & happy birthday to my MC, January Cohen. Her birthday is on Oct 30th and she frequently celebrates it on Halloween, for one big spooky birthday bash.
Back to the present:
Fernweh Saga by @lacunafiction
#help i'm drawing#oc-tober#fernweh saga#if you can't read it - it says chalenge 1: who has the best costume#chalenge 2: who can get the most candy#small january cannot spell a big word like challenge yet#winner gets to decide the sleepover movie#you know I could have waited til the proper day to post day 31 but these fit together really nicely#also#january never had a real birthday cake until she was an adult. she's always associated buckets of candy with her birthday
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They weren't lying, this psychological recovery journey got hands
#3rd month of taking antidepressants and knowing that There Is something majorly fucked up within me#i feel like im becoming normal bit by bit but also now my other problems become my aparent to me#i started to notice i have this childlike simplistic attitude towards wonder and relationships but also at the same time i understand the#severity of troubles around me on the level of burned out adult#but also it takes me from a week to several years to realize what people meant#and yet sometimes i get everything clearly#there are still ways to go#i still have to find a therapist#cuz psych diagnosed me with BPD; geberal anxiety disorder and ADHD and said i have autism signs that could explain the development of BPD#but all he can do is medical treatment which is not the kind you need for BPD and autism#im not saying you can treat autism but yeah he meant i need a psychotherapist for these instead of psychiatrist#i hope i can complete this mental health journey bcuz i feel like i finally got hit with all the weight of burnout i had all these years#i did some creative work in the august/early september but rn its all touching grass in real world and playing games#like i cook i help my family with chores i play fortnite i clean up my room i go out at 1am to look at the stars#all of my own volition without feeling like i need to push myself to do this#I'm scared that making art is not one of those things#i often have a thought that maybe art isnt really for me and in a perfect world i wouldnt do it#but then why am i so good at it#like...#petrotalk
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listen I don't care what new lore nightbringer gives us or how it recontextualises the brothers' relationships
Mammon raised Satan and you pry this headcanon away from my cold dead hands!!
#I mean there's already contradictions since the flashback where mammon tells Luci that he made sure everyone is ok#and that he has no regrets about following him takes place in the HOL#but in nightbringer they start out living in the Damon lord's castle and then they move out#and by the time they're in the HOL they seem more settled than what that flashback implied#it would be weird for it to happen after because the brothers are acting mostly as we know them just less confident#they should still be grieving heavily if the flashback happens now#am I overthinking this? yes#has the story contradicted itself before? also yes!#but am I going to stop?#ABSOLUTELY NOT!#I haven't even decided in my mind if Satan formed as a full adult or a baby that grew really REALLY fast#but Mammon raised him and you cannot convince me otherwise!#I'm probably missing lore because I haven't even finished the main game yet and in nightbringer I'm on lesson 4 but I don't care!#obey me#obey me nightbringer#obey me satan#obey me mammon
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Brazilian Hatsune Miku becoming the biggest trend on Twitter only for Brazilians to get banned not even a week after that only for that rancid app to transform into an inescapable cesspool of incest (roleplay) discourse not even a week after that is one of the funniest, weirdest and most upsetting chain of events I have witnessed in real time online. We're in the darkest timeline, man.
#twitter#twitter discourse#incest mention#brazilians#this shit is actually surreal what the hell#like what's gonna happen next universe#btw the incest thing started off due to roleplay between consenting non-related adults from my knowledge and went off the rails soon after#i haven't seen anybody on tumblr talk about the recent shit going on over on twitter (and by that i mean it hasn't shown up on my page yet)#so i'm kinda curious how many who are exclusively on here know about the dumpsterfire happening there right now#if you don't you're lucky and i really envy you right now. i need to find a memory gun and scrub my mind of this mess#momento rambles
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It's hard realizing that I'll never stop feeling lonely, and that I'll never have anyone to turn to/comfort me/tell me things will be okay
#no older sibling#no mature parent#no mentor#no adult figure#no best friend#my gf thinks I'm upset at her when I'm asking for comfort#I think if she understood what I was trying to communicate she'd try to comfort me but it she doesn't really know how yet and that's not he#fault but yeah i can't really get that from her#idk#i want to be held and hugged and told ill be okay even if im struggling#and to be told they see me struggling#ugh#i feel shit today#:(((((((
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Am I watching Mary Shelley's Frankenhole for the sole fact that they establish Griffin, The Invisible Man, to be absolutely HUNG ???
Yeah.
( Episode: Franz Kafka's Jealousy, 4:00 timestamp )
#the invisible man#mary shelley's frankenhole#griffin#jack griffin#dr griffin#hg wells#to be honest this is one of my most enjoyed adaptations of griffin#the scene at 5:13 ALWAYS gets me#'i'm a brilliant mad scientist who has created a serum for invisibility!'#'unfortunately i've yet to create a serum for...visiblity.'#i know every media that has the invisible man tries to make him ugly#but giving griffin a big nose is making me drool. thank you frankenhole.#i cant really find much talk about this show online especially for griffin's scenes in here#adult swim
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this h.ikari voice line... AHSU3UJSHAJSH
#ash rambles 💚#IT'S SO COOL....#also his voice... ajdhwjeuquwhqhejwusjwhehhwjsjq#his voice was actually the thing that made me go 😳 first#this damn crush... he's all i can think about!!!!!!!#it's always been you 🍁#his lines in combat are just. so freaking cool!!!! I'm so used to him being all kind and sweet that um. sometimes i forget how strong he#really is and um 😳 it makes me deel many feelings! he's such a good swordsman sjdhwjrhwjd#i know ive been romantically involved with f.elix for 3+ years and yet... long haired men that are master swordsmen...#truly my biggest weakness....#anyways um. h.ikari sir... one kiss? please? also my s/i is his childhood friend#whether or not she attempted to kill him once when they were adults is. not important! they talk it out and finally reunite <3#and then um. maybe they uh. become more than friends#HAHAHAHA HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING OF COURSE 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
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It's weekend, yay!!
#ooc / they're not really dead#adulting is too hard i swear#anyway will it mean I'm going to be noticeable active? maybe#honestly idk yet head is all over the place & I'm kind of obsessed with no man's sky atm but whenever it happens I'll be working on drafts#might send out some memes for compensation in the meantime but know I appreciate you all for your patience with me and love you <3
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lady at the store: and are you into fantasy? this is a local author, the book is in the young adult genre--
me: yeah I think at this point I've definitively aged out of that range :)
lady at the store: oh, you look like you're the right age!
me:
me: yeah I get that. a lot actually.
#I am an adult who is young (?) but if we're talking about The Young Adult Genre that's like. eighteen max for the main characters.#I cannot fucking handle that shit anymore unless it's REALLY good or it's a nostalgia read#so it's a situation of either she doesn't know what YA actually means or she does and is really immensely misreading my age#both very possible. I was mistaken for a high school student earlier this year.#but seriously I am no longer at the age where being mistaken for a teen is flattering it's just weird#actually now that I think about it once I got out of my teens I don't think I was ever flattered by being mistaken for a teen#I was only ever flattered by that when I was not yet a teen and I looked older than my age#oh my god I'm like a vampire. stuck looking like I'm 18 forever. someone stake me.#life#books
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girlies i miss rping
#oh the things being an adult does...#i don't feel different from when i was 16 but so much has changed#some for the better#others...#i don't know if i can say it's really for the worse#but i haven't rped much since i moved from home#miss that#yet it feels so hard to return#what do the people i used to write with think of me?#who are these newer folk?#I'm sure they're nice but i've never stopped being shy and easily frightened#so here i am#awake at 1:40 am and wondering what i've done to myself to make it like this#to make myself feel like a stranger in groups i used to be so close knit with#or. at least i thought i was
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i guess the reason so many books featuring trans characters have them able to go stealth and make it so other characters don't know they're trans unless they say something is because that's an escapist fantasy for many trans authors who don't get that and want to imagine what it's like to live in a world where you don't get misgendered on sight every single day, and because they don't want to write about the latter (very fair)
but also when these are YA books it depends on the characters being able to medically transition at like 14 and i have literally never in my life met a single person who was able to do that (partly because I live in the UK where you can't and also I am old enough that for people my age, coming out as a preteen would've been way harder and rarer than it would be for current teen-aged protagonists)
so idk. i would like to read a book with trans characters who feel like real people living in the real world occasionally. it's hard to walk a path when you never get to see other people do it first and never get to witness it safely in fiction before you experience it IRL, and only ever seeing people walk roads that don't even exist in your reality doesn't really help at all tbh
#i have mostly only read fantasy and historical adult books with trans protags#aside from Confessions of the Fox i guess. which is still 50% historical#but i never come across contemporary-set adult books with trans protagonists#compared to the growing contemporary trans YA scene#this may be that i am looking in the wrong places#but i can more easily find historical trans romance than a novel with a relatable 20 or 30something transmasc protag#oh i did read detransition baby i guess. but it didn't really speak to me for various reasons#(most of them to do with me being trans in a different direction but not all of them)#anyway idk. i read a lot of YA because a lot of my friends write YA and it is easy for me to find things#but even though i am glad there are trans YA books now I can't relate to them at all#i guess because I didn't know i was trans as a teenager#so the trans teenager experience is always inherently one i did not have#i am looking for something that will never be what i need it to be#i want coming of age and self discovery and all that because I don't feel like I've DONE it yet in gender terms#that's why i want the YA vibes but. i guess as a 27yo still trying to do that I'm not going to find it there. not meaningfully#so i need novels about adults coming of age and figuring shit out and being newborn baby trans adults i guess. where are those#and nobody is allowed to be cool in those books because i am unable to continue reading about cool people sorry#néide has opinions about books
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Didn't think I would hate staying home all day as much as I do, but here I am, absolutely despising it.
#thinking about saying fuck it and trying to work one more time#i haven't tried receptionist work yet and there's some openings in my area that pay well#but i have no idea how to start that conversation with my mother#who relies on me for financial support#what am i supposed to say?#'hey mom i know we had to wait months for me to even get an initial appointment with SSI but i'm really think this job could work out'#'so i'm going to cancel my appointments and apply for receptionist jobs instead'#ugh#i hate adulting#kit's diary 6 🖊#disabled#disability#chronic disability#disabled adult#disabled queer#spoonie
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