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TwistedWolf5074

506d

Does anyone else feel very 'pick me' when sharing your experiences? it makes me not want to share anything. like... adhd autism anxiety depression cptsd rsd gender dysphoria plus i am a furry and therian. thats a short list compared to some of my friends but i still feel like its very pick me

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    • serendi

      499d

      @Zellie yes!! Mine is almost always more severe. But my conversation style is associative, and it’s extremely difficult for me to do the NT kind without being obviously distracted or bored. It’s not that I don’t care about what’s going on with them, but the ADHD/autism combo makes it impulsive and feel urgent to share similar experiences.

    • minnieee

      499d

      It's ok, we are just people on the internet. Nothing you say here will be traced back to your actual person. Pick me? Who is me?

    • duckling

      506d

      Yeah I feel like, no matter the symptoms, people are gonna laugh and pretty much say I'm faking it, people have it worse, it's not that bad, etc. So for a lot of things I don't say anything until it's really bad because once it's really bad you can't deny that I'm struggling with it, which is not a good thing to do.

      • AtticusLeviathan

        506d

        @duckling I got a random DM once from someone who said I was speaking over a marginalized group. The group being people with DID. I literally just posted a story about how it positively affects my life because so many people focus on the bad stuff. It's a disorder, it sucks, but if you don't find the positives you'll go nuts.

        • duckling

          506d

          @AtticusLeviathan exactly, I have to find solice in some things or I wouldn't be here. That's not being insensitive, that's surviving

    • AtticusLeviathan

      506d

      Well obviously I'm just faking it for attention anyway /j

    • Zellie

      506d

      Yes, I feel like no matter the topic, my experience is different than everyone's else's. I feel like the only way to participate in conversation is to point out how I'm different. Also, whenever someone shares about an illness, my first impulse is to share a similar experience, but mine is always more severe, so I worry that it'll look like one upmanship.

      • serendi

        499d

        @Zellie yes!! Mine is almost always more severe. But my conversation style is associative, and it’s extremely difficult for me to do the NT kind without being obviously distracted or bored. It’s not that I don’t care about what’s going on with them, but the ADHD/autism combo makes it impulsive and feel urgent to share similar experiences.

      • TwistedWolf5074

        506d

        @Zellie Yes!! Exactly!! It feels like Im trying to draw attention to myself but im just trying to engage!

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