Sadly yes ಠ_ಠ

100% the case for me

Yeah unfortunately, I was always sort of teased at school as a wimp or whatever. It also makes me really scared of doctors etc

Yeah, I feel like this is an extension of masking to meet society’s expectations. I’ve done similar things as a kid and even now as a middle aged person there are situations where I find it really hard to be myself, I just roleplay as the character I know others want me to be so that they leave me alone.

Yeah definitely asking for help or making requests is really hard. I tend not to see medical professionals unless things are really really bad for that reason and otherwise ignore a lot of things that would require interaction. I’m lucky that I am able to live alone and fend for myself but I am a little afraid as to what I will do if that stops being the case.

Yeah although ‘your subconscious thinking about a problem’ is not what is actually happening. It’s just the fact that you are approaching the problem with a different history and mental state. (There’s a book called The Mind is Flat about this if you’re interested)

I used to have a spreadsheet that I used as a password management type thing where all I had to do was remember the codeword and then I could use the spreadsheet to convert the stored ‘password’ into the real one. But then I just started using a password manager because same principle but less effort :p

I actually had plenty of model cars, just not hot wheels! :p

My experience was the opposite of this unfortunately. Everyone hated me and even the people who didn’t avoided me because I imagine being associated with me devalued their social standing.

100%, I really resonate strongly with this, and I think also like another reply I grew with overbearing family who never left me alone. It’s easier these days because I’ve severed most ties but even with my couple of close friends I think they will panic if they don’t hear from me for even a day

Yeah human smells are pretty horrible

I’m still going… Some of the cryptic stuff is a little too much so for me in places though (asd here)

I feel like for that, at least for me, I have to care about what the other person thinks because I have some responsibility and I don’t want to let them down. It wouldn’t work for me to have a complete stranger doing it.

I’m my case it was an autism diagnosis but otherwise yes.

Still my favourite racing game on PC

Most sources suggest 1100s

Hanging on the wall of my local guitar store about 15 years ago.

Can’t say that I’ve ever considered the thought until now