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NonieR [2015-10-06 03:41:27 +0000 UTC]

O god, being hauled somewhere in a crowded car full of noisy people, knowing you can't get away and have no other way home, and they just keep getting louder in their attempt to make you share their enthusiasm....

The only reason I survived my teens and twenties was that I didn't have enough friends to have to cope with this more than a few times a year. But even now in my wonderfully post-hormonal late 50s (i.e., no longer having to go through hellish 10-day PMS mood plunges) and being on good meds, this is giving me neck and spine cramps remembering things like this.

I haven't been diagnosed with Asbergers as such, and have been told my sensory overload comes primarily from prenatal hypothyroidism, and my social klutziness from a form of ADD, but there's enough overlap of symptoms it's hard to be sure. And while I cope with things a lot better than I used to, that includes knowing what things to AVOID, and warning friends that there will be times I need--MEDICALLY need--to go away and be quiet somewhere, so if I go missing they can find me at the library/bookstore/quiet cafe....

My mother, younger sister, and nephew are fine with this. My older sister, who helped me survive high school by being my one close and loving friend (and vice versa), is unfortunately as needy of my love/attention/enthusiasm as I am needy of regular quiet break time and the occasional absence of being needed AT, especially by the people I love best. You'd think at nearly 60 we'd find ways not to hurt each other, but I guess families always carry their old pain as well as their love.

Sorry; I told you I talk too much....     

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ElectricGecko [2015-10-01 14:24:01 +0000 UTC]

Dem's nice trees.  You gettin' all Bob Ross on us.

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mutantcomix [2015-09-28 23:16:59 +0000 UTC]

Here we go...

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TobiOrNotTobis [2015-09-27 21:58:36 +0000 UTC]

awwww

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dragondoodle [2015-09-27 18:38:08 +0000 UTC]

Awesome angles and great build up . . . *hurries to the next page*

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Midnights-Starlight [2015-09-27 16:58:01 +0000 UTC]

I hope she feels like she belongs soon

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VikJones [2015-09-27 15:52:01 +0000 UTC]

I know her feelings. I'm glad in her case it probably isn't true

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Riviellan [2015-09-27 15:45:00 +0000 UTC]

I go through this all the time. 
"One day, they're going to realize how much of a freak I am and then they'll leave me. I might as well have social interaction plague. I have social Black Death. All it takes is a little time before someone notices and avoids me."

Sometimes I even think this about my husband. 

Anxiety!!! So much fun. *eye roll*

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hillerj [2015-09-27 15:36:13 +0000 UTC]

I'm guessing that as soon as she sees all the junk she can tinker with, she's going to be happy again (already missing adorable happy Corelle). Quentin probably should have considered Corelle's feelings on strangers and cars a bit more, but he can't always cater to her comfort zone. Eventually she's going to have to get outside that comfort zone and deal with it.

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