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21 Oct 2018, 11:46 pm
dragonsanddemons wrote:
Maybe I should just give up trying to speak, since no one understands me anyway 
I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.
I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.You aren't alone. I used to "dumb down" just so I could communicate but I grew sick of it because I hated not being authentic. Why should I dumb myself down just because the other person refuses to expand their mind when they are perfectly capable of doing so? It's not your fault, it's their's.
22 Oct 2018, 12:20 am
Marknis wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
Maybe I should just give up trying to speak, since no one understands me anyway I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.
I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.You aren't alone. I used to "dumb down" just so I could communicate but I grew sick of it because I hated not being authentic. Why should I dumb myself down just because the other person refuses to expand their mind when they are perfectly capable of doing so? It's not your fault, it's their's.
being able to speak at whatever level listeners can understand is a talent and a gift to the listener which i like to give. it was my main talent as a physician. i could explain illnesses and treatments in plain english. nothing inauthentic about clear communication.
22 Oct 2018, 12:36 am
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
Maybe I should just give up trying to speak, since no one understands me anyway I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.
I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.You aren't alone. I used to "dumb down" just so I could communicate but I grew sick of it because I hated not being authentic. Why should I dumb myself down just because the other person refuses to expand their mind when they are perfectly capable of doing so? It's not your fault, it's their's.
being able to speak at whatever level listeners can understand is a talent and a gift to the listener which i like to give. it was my main talent as a physician. i could explain illnesses and treatments in plain english. nothing inauthentic about clear communication.
There's that and there's suppressing yourself just because someone else can't handle certain points of view. I used to hang out with someone from an Aspergers support group in my area (He no longer goes because he claims someone made him mad and he doesn't want to see him again) who couldn't handle the subject of evolution or LGBT rights because he had been told all his life that those things were "against God". It was ok for him to bash the theory of evolution and LGBT people but if someone pointed out the hypocrisy of mainstream Christianity or how being a "Christian" doesn't automatically make you a good person, he was ready to kill you. I didn't have much self-respect and avoided those subjects when I was around him but the inauthenticity eventually ate me up inside.
22 Oct 2018, 12:57 am
Marknis wrote:
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
Maybe I should just give up trying to speak, since no one understands me anyway I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.
I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.You aren't alone. I used to "dumb down" just so I could communicate but I grew sick of it because I hated not being authentic. Why should I dumb myself down just because the other person refuses to expand their mind when they are perfectly capable of doing so? It's not your fault, it's their's.
being able to speak at whatever level listeners can understand is a talent and a gift to the listener which i like to give. it was my main talent as a physician. i could explain illnesses and treatments in plain english. nothing inauthentic about clear communication.
There's that and there's suppressing yourself just because someone else can't handle certain points of view. I used to hang out with someone from an Aspergers support group in my area (He no longer goes because he claims someone made him mad and he doesn't want to see him again) who couldn't handle the subject of evolution or LGBT rights because he had been told all his life that those things were "against God". It was ok for him to bash the theory of evolution and LGBT people but if someone pointed out the hypocrisy of mainstream Christianity or how being a "Christian" doesn't automatically make you a good person, he was ready to kill you. I didn't have much self-respect and avoided those subjects when I was around him but the inauthenticity eventually ate me up inside.
not to mention the lack of reciprocity.
22 Oct 2018, 1:10 am
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
Maybe I should just give up trying to speak, since no one understands me anyway I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.
I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.You aren't alone. I used to "dumb down" just so I could communicate but I grew sick of it because I hated not being authentic. Why should I dumb myself down just because the other person refuses to expand their mind when they are perfectly capable of doing so? It's not your fault, it's their's.
being able to speak at whatever level listeners can understand is a talent and a gift to the listener which i like to give. it was my main talent as a physician. i could explain illnesses and treatments in plain english. nothing inauthentic about clear communication.
There's that and there's suppressing yourself just because someone else can't handle certain points of view. I used to hang out with someone from an Aspergers support group in my area (He no longer goes because he claims someone made him mad and he doesn't want to see him again) who couldn't handle the subject of evolution or LGBT rights because he had been told all his life that those things were "against God". It was ok for him to bash the theory of evolution and LGBT people but if someone pointed out the hypocrisy of mainstream Christianity or how being a "Christian" doesn't automatically make you a good person, he was ready to kill you. I didn't have much self-respect and avoided those subjects when I was around him but the inauthenticity eventually ate me up inside.
not to mention the lack of reciprocity.
Even with my limited social opportunities, I'd rather be by myself than waste my time with someone I can't be authentic with.
22 Oct 2018, 1:17 am
yes,
and people ask me questions i have to answer on the spot so that they can do exactly not that, idk what that does for them, i decided to say this instead; "that's a very interesting question", but have not yet used it.
remember!! !
they catch you when you're tired, as usual, and i feel bad for it, as usual,
i'm ears 
but the world is mouth
22 Oct 2018, 1:20 pm
Bible Belters think Jesus spoke English and that Christianity originated in the US despite clearly originating from the Middle East that they hate so much.
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22 Oct 2018, 2:32 pm
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22 Oct 2018, 3:53 pm
dragonsanddemons wrote:
Maybe I should just give up trying to speak, since no one understands me anyway I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.
I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.I know how that feels. I often have to repeat myself and explain things a lot.
Of course, my mum and step-father are both very hard of hearing...
But not talking would make things harder, for me.
22 Oct 2018, 4:49 pm
Marknis wrote:
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
Maybe I should just give up trying to speak, since no one understands me anyway I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.
I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.You aren't alone. I used to "dumb down" just so I could communicate but I grew sick of it because I hated not being authentic. Why should I dumb myself down just because the other person refuses to expand their mind when they are perfectly capable of doing so? It's not your fault, it's their's.
being able to speak at whatever level listeners can understand is a talent and a gift to the listener which i like to give. it was my main talent as a physician. i could explain illnesses and treatments in plain english. nothing inauthentic about clear communication.
There's that and there's suppressing yourself just because someone else can't handle certain points of view. I used to hang out with someone from an Aspergers support group in my area (He no longer goes because he claims someone made him mad and he doesn't want to see him again) who couldn't handle the subject of evolution or LGBT rights because he had been told all his life that those things were "against God". It was ok for him to bash the theory of evolution and LGBT people but if someone pointed out the hypocrisy of mainstream Christianity or how being a "Christian" doesn't automatically make you a good person, he was ready to kill you. I didn't have much self-respect and avoided those subjects when I was around him but the inauthenticity eventually ate me up inside.
not to mention the lack of reciprocity.
Even with my limited social opportunities, I'd rather be by myself than waste my time with someone I can't be authentic with.
i like that you're authentic.
22 Oct 2018, 5:10 pm
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
Maybe I should just give up trying to speak, since no one understands me anyway I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.
I'm getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over, or just simply being ignored.You aren't alone. I used to "dumb down" just so I could communicate but I grew sick of it because I hated not being authentic. Why should I dumb myself down just because the other person refuses to expand their mind when they are perfectly capable of doing so? It's not your fault, it's their's.
being able to speak at whatever level listeners can understand is a talent and a gift to the listener which i like to give. it was my main talent as a physician. i could explain illnesses and treatments in plain english. nothing inauthentic about clear communication.
There's that and there's suppressing yourself just because someone else can't handle certain points of view. I used to hang out with someone from an Aspergers support group in my area (He no longer goes because he claims someone made him mad and he doesn't want to see him again) who couldn't handle the subject of evolution or LGBT rights because he had been told all his life that those things were "against God". It was ok for him to bash the theory of evolution and LGBT people but if someone pointed out the hypocrisy of mainstream Christianity or how being a "Christian" doesn't automatically make you a good person, he was ready to kill you. I didn't have much self-respect and avoided those subjects when I was around him but the inauthenticity eventually ate me up inside.
not to mention the lack of reciprocity.
Even with my limited social opportunities, I'd rather be by myself than waste my time with someone I can't be authentic with.
i like that you're authentic.
I just wish the women in my area appreciated that instead of thinking I am "weird" or "gay".
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22 Oct 2018, 9:26 pm
22 Oct 2018, 9:56 pm
I don't believe that I am a child of the universe. I was supposed to die in the womb and had to be born prematurely because the doctors just wanted money off of my suffering. If the universe has a mind, it didn't want me to be born. It wanted me to die.
22 Oct 2018, 9:59 pm
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