This gets so much easier as you age and already have “your people”, no stress to impress. “If you don’t excuse yourself, you have only yourself to blame for your bad time. I really wouldn’t have minded, more comfortable being ignored and just observing homo sapiens in this cultural context anyway. i -am- a fucking idiot child and it must be awful not to be, condolences.”
*Disclaimer, late-diagnosed AuDHD, light on the Au, but think this is a pretty universal experience.
This gets so much easier as you age and already have “your people”, no stress to impress. “If you don’t excuse yourself, you have only yourself to blame for your bad time. I really wouldn’t have minded, more comfortable being ignored and just observing homo sapiens in this cultural context anyway. i -am- a fucking idiot child and it must be awful not to be, condolences.”
*Disclaimer, late-diagnosed AuDHD, light on the Au, but think this is a pretty universal experience.
But I’m almost 40! How much more age do I need to get??
Hit me at about 43. The intensity of how much I believe and can act on it varies.