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shoutingintoether
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PathStep 36 Compassion hearts49 Forum posts13 Forum upvotes16 Current upvotes16 Age GroupAdult Last activeOctober, 2024 Member sinceMay 14, 2024
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I died a week ago

There's nothing left

It's caught on video

The very last breath

All this fuss over nothing

Reinventing the wheel

All this searching for something that's not real

-- The Wheel, by SOHN



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sometimes i really really hate being disabled
Disability Support / by shoutingintoether
Last post
 October 9th
...See more ventpost who else up late at night grieving - between being physically disabled & emotionally abused - their whole ass childhood/teenhood and also present and future, and thinking about what life could have been if only your teacher hadn't abused you to the point of needing a wheelchair and your parents hadn't been so awful but even if those two stayed abusive in this other world you would've actually been able to sneak out the window n shit and you would've been a real punk at an earlier age and you would've been cool and even more importantly you would've been physically able to process your rage instead of it just stewing pathetically inside you for years and years as you dissociate and feel less like a person and less actually grateful to be alive every day that passes
autism & honesty
Autism Support / by shoutingintoether
Last post
 May 24th
...See more i get really, really effed up when people lie even in situations where neurotypicals think it's more polite to lie. i never agree with that, because i don't care about reputation or momentary embarrassment or even momentary hurt. no. i care about respect, and honor, and honesty. if you don't wanna hang out with me, tell me. if you don't love or even like me as much as you think i do you, tell me. if there's something you're ashamed of, tell me. if i make you uncomfortable, tell me. if there's a boundary i'm overstepping without realizing it, tell me. WHATEVER IT IS, I CANNOT JUST "TAKE THE HINT." AND I WOULD RATHER FEEL ANY RANGE OF EMOTIONS NOW THAN HAVE MY REALITY SHATTERED LATER. i vastly prefer to just take people at their word because it makes things far less complicated, usually, and there is little i will judge someone for...except for lying. you could be a self-aware narcissist, i've met one, she was a lovely individual; because she was working on healing, which meant working on recognizing the needs of others in order to have healthier, longer-lasting relationships; and as long as there is communication, reliability, and respect, honor, and honesty, we will be fine. i don't care nearly as much about empathy, sympathy, normalcy, neurotypicality, but by the melting grace of a snowball in Heck, i care very, very much about communication, reliability, respect, honor, and honesty rant over
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