Should I become a mod here?

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I do it to illustrate how angry or worried I am. I want people to know the extent of what I'm feeling. I'd use emoticons but the ones here aren't 'powerful' enough, for example this emoticon doesn't really give out much rage or anger. The emoticons on my phone don't work on here, if I use them my post won't submit. But those are the emoticons that express how you really feel. So on WP I've just got to use words instead.

I do use the haven to rant or panic, so if people don't want negativity then they can just avoid the haven. I suppose I should put a "trigger warning" sign at the top of my post.
The things that I'm sensitive to are posts saying about autistics being thrown in nazi camps. I feel that is a little extreme to just bring up even though it doesn't involve extreme emotions. And most posters express little to no panic at all.

Things that force you to acknowledge being autistic do seem to be triggering to you. It's understandable when that intersects with and you will be targeted for it that it can be hard to manage those worries.

Autistic people are not being sent to "Nazi"-type camps.

People sometimes exaggerate just to make some kind of point.....or just to exaggerate.

I hope all is going well on your job.

Also since my mum passed away I've been even more emotional, as in having an impulsive urge to spew my feelings out online. I don't mean to, it's just a spur of the moment thing.

I could be worse, I could be personally attacking people here, but I don't have it in me to do that (except if someone personally attacks me first I may stand up for myself). It's not like what a (NT) friend of my aunt's did to her the other day. She sent a really nasty text to my aunt over something trivial, and I mean it was really nasty and very unnecessary. She did apologise a couple of days later and said that she was just in a bad mood at the time and morally objected to something my aunt had done and so dealt with it by impulsively insulting her.

I would never do that to a friend no matter what mental state I'm in.

You could be "personally-attacking people"----but you don't. It's because you know personally-attacking people is just not right.

I don't know why anyone would take offence to you when you are venting a genuine dislike of your own disability. Its not as if you are an NT venting hatred towards disabled people.

I'm pretty sure that most people with a disability get frustrated with themselves from time to time.

WP is meant to be a safe place for autistic people to talk about their issues and if one of those issues is hating that they have autism then you ought to have the freedom to express that.

God knows there is plenty of bashing of other sections of society that goes on here.

I actually think you would make a decent mod one day Joe but I'm not sure you're ready for it yet.

I've been here for a while, too.

There's no chance I will be made a Mod here.

You probably have a better chance than me

I was a Moderator for a while. I did well in the beginning. I was worried that I would screw up because I'm a very sensitive person. I had a friendship go down on WP and I wasn't up to the task anymore. I couldn't do it today.

If I could rule this site I would only delete posts if they are a personal attack against another member or are expressing unpleasant hate on a group of people. Otherwise, general racial stereotypes and racial opinions would not be deleted, as I would not make this site too politically correct. I believe in free speech. I hate political correctness. Just hate it so much.

Tact and consideration go a long way!

I'm a moderator on another forum for autistic people.
The forum isnt like WP.
The most I've had to do is issue a gentle reminder or answer some questions, although there can be some heated debate at times.
I've never had to ban anyone. Yet.