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blazingstar,

I seem to be fine enough with learning stuff if there's an attachment to an interest, and organic chemistry had one (many actually). Biology for example, I found boring so it was harder for me (I did it though, so maybe I improved, or maybe I just needed the distraction). Sad to hear about your chronic health problems, and yeah, the joys of human bodies. Good that they're handling the canoe stuff though. I'm still functional overall physically, even with previous wounds. I just have to watch my balance mostly (since I like mountains I have to be more careful).

Edna3362,

Socialization and relations for the sake of socialization and relations usually isn't a good idea. One should want to do it. It can be annoying when people try to exert their will upon you, what they want of you, no matter how innocuous or friendly it is. I've had people question why I'm not social and/or don't have a partner multiple times over the years, funnily though, it's usually through someone else informing me of what they say. It doesn't bother me, but I definitely can see why it'd be annoying.

As for me, I guess memories, both good and bad. I guess I have everything sorted quickly, planned out most days before they arrive, so my thoughts tend to drift to the past, and day to day tends to be the same old. Whereas the memories are of things that rarely happen in life for everyone or for some (a bit of both for me). Maybe I'm just too nostalgic for my own good. Also daydreams, but that needs no mentioning.

A waiter chatted me up at a restaurant. I was a bit stressed since i am too naive and get scared of oversharing and being too friendly with strangers.

I need to get my books for the upcoming term at my school.

My class begins March 29th.

Coping with many strange faces that show up at my home that come upon, My request , to have them come as professionals to fix things , And not understanding how to get my Sony TV to interact with my network or tablet so I can watch stuff on the little larger screen on the TV .

Biology is what I love. Plants and trees and birds and insects and all kinds of things.

It takes me so much effort to get through a day, that memories don't stand a chance. Up until I started posting here on WP, I never thought about my past at all. Never knew I was autistic and never thought about all the things that others here talk about. So that brings up the memories. Mostly not good.

One of my favorite memories is riding my bike to a swamp surrounded by houses. (See, I was searching out wilderness before I was old enough to understand what it was.) I have no idea how I even found out about it. Stumbled on it riding my bike around town? I would climb the trees and go out on the logs and catch tadpoles. I loved it.

Making drastic changes this April.

It's a break and an allowance in one way, it isn't on the other.

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Seeing dogs and rabbits makes me miss Phoenix and Malo.

Who here uses a tickler file or any equivalent of?

I'm considering trying at May...

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I've learned that there's a thing called cognitive empathy that allows someone who lacks actual sympathetic empathy to intuit what they need to do to appear empathetic. It explains acts of kindness from people who are otherwise callous pricks. The latter is the normal state, not the former. The callousness isn't the result of extenuating circumstance. It's the empathetic state that is unnatural, and it is the result of calculation. They want something. Maybe just to be seen as being kind, maybe something more direct, like a favor or reciprocity. But it's not their normal state.

This has helped me moderate my expectations and avoid disappointment. It has allowed me to escape some gaslighting.

I don't understand why some people can't just be quiet during movies. So annoying.

Tired of babysitting the world.

A 12 hour long blackout.

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Driving around tomorrow. I’d rather stay home. Been working on reducing the number of days I have to drive. More days working from home.

If anxiety and depression is considered a form of neurodiversity...

Then so is enlightenment.

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I've been watching Weird History videos on YouTube, and I learned that in the song Yankee Doodle where he "stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni", he wasn't referring to the pasta or just making some kind of nonsense that rhymed with "pony". He was referring to the ridiculous fashion/lifestyle trend at the time called Macaroni, where filthy rich people went around wearing those silly, huge wigs decorated with feathers or tiny hats on them and flamboyant clothing. Apparently the sticking the feather in your hat thing was a "take that!" at the British or some kind of American self-deprecating humor.

History never changes. Rich people have always been like, "instead of using our extra money to help society or feed the poor, we're just going to use it to wear stupid looking clothes."

Also the pasta macaroni was once something that was exclusive to Italy and only wealthy people could get it. Funny how these days people make fun of you for eating boxed macaroni and cheese because it's cheap. Kind of like when lobster was peasant food, but in reverse.