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Autism

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago

Haha so relatable

Looks at community name

Oh no

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Haha going nonverbal midconversation, it's fun, it's

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Do you go non think also? Or do you have an internal monologue still?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

The internal monologue at that point is Panic. Definitely not useful thoughts.

I'm not autistic, but this cartoon is me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I think my internal monologue never really stops. It's what probably gets in the way of the conversation. There's like a channel two of internal speech that takes over and gets broadcasted to my brain's main screen, and the connection to outside speech just gets cut. If I ever find the mischievous gnome who controls my brain, I swear ...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

we should create visible heath bars somehow

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

This would not be good for me at work.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I wanna see what it was but it's gone now...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Need to report these stats to my "friend" who won't wrap up that never-ending pointless story despite me sending every polite non verbal cue that I'm done before I "welp, I've gotta go" my way outta there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Sounds like Disco Elysium.