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Horror, Humor, And Hubris

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Iโ€™m Alex! ๐Ÿ’œ 27 ๐Ÿ’œ AuDHD ๐Ÿ’œ Non-binary ๐Ÿ’œ I stream scary games and make candles! ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ All my links: kitten.coffee
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Feeling the need to apologize for being mentally ill is a miserable, miserable thing.

Iโ€™m sorry I canโ€™t focus well, Iโ€™m sorry I get all scrambled when I talk, Iโ€™m sorry I get sad easily or for no reason, Iโ€™m sorry I canโ€™t keep my room clean. Iโ€™m sorry if I embarrass you by crying in public, or if I annoy you when I talk about things that Iโ€™ve told you about twenty times already.

Iโ€™d act normal if I knew how, but thatโ€™s just not the way my brain works.

Iโ€™d act normal if

I knew how, but thatโ€™s just not

the way my brain works.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

Oh wow, I made this post 10 years ago! At the time, I was a 16-year-old high school senior, severely depressed, dealing with untreated ADHD and unrecognized autism, and freshly out of an abusive relationship. I was having panic attacks on a daily basis and genuinely did not think I was going to make it to 20, let alone 26.

Today, I have a very effective medication for my ADHD, and have also begun to understand my autistic traits, which means that I experience much fewer depressive episodes! I have a cozy 2 bedroom apartment with a super cute office, work in a coffee shop, and have a small but wonderful social circle.

Iโ€™m still emotional and messy and strange, but now I know that loving someone means accepting their brain the way it is, and thereโ€™s no reason I canโ€™t apply that to myself. โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

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