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Cake day: November 11th, 2024

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  • it really does help to just talk to a friend, even if all they do is listen. ive worked myself up into a mental health episode worrying about stuff and just told a friend im struggling and felt so much better it was crazy. they literally didnt do anything but listen to me. sometimes it feels like rubber ducking, just gotta get the words out to recontextualize the problem and see that its not so bad.












  • bullshit is also a feeling that i experience. its like a very literal feeling that i get when people start bullshitting, especially when its directed at me. they start saying things that dont square with my understanding of the nature of reality and i can just feel the bullshit. i dont just trust this feeling because sometimes im wrong and it comes from a desire to really understand the world. the problem is many neurotypical people just want to be right, so when you disagree with them or even just ask for clarification they see it as a personal attack.





  • i cant be bothered to read everyone elses replys but ive found the best thing for me is some earbuds with a nice pair of over ear hearing protection. ive got some industrial over ear earmuffs with a 32 dB or so attenuation. those by themselves help a ton, but to really get the isolation ill play some brown noise or ocean waves through my earbuds. the combination of controlled noise and high attenuation of outside noise provides almost perfect sound isolation, to the point i cant hear anything in the room, even someone speaking right next to me. it helps if you can find a kind of noise thats comfortable for you, like i said for me something like brown noise or ocean waves work best. they’re soothing for me but you might prefer something else.