Perfect, a pure paragon / You can ask any Tom, Dick or Stanley /And they'll tell you whose team they prefer to be on

I mean...

It's so exhausting! It feels dramatic to me sometimes, like NTs are looking for something else from a conversation beyond actually conversating.

What's a ND character look like

I feel that craving for magic and cool swords!! I've somehow given myself some really great healing moments with world building where the person I imagined wanting to be able to have a conversation with would say the things I needed to hear ...that sounds crazy and I'm incredibly vulnerable sharing this, but fuck it:

I once had an imagined conversation with a "therapist character" where I said all the things tormenting me (ex: I am an idiot, I am irredeemable, I am worthless) and the therapist character simply argued (ex: No, you're not any of those things, are worthy of love and understanding) and it really weirdly helped with my negative inner monologue. Meditation couldn't really give me that. Sorry for the rambling response, hope it's actually relevant to what you've asked.

I can't meditate in the traditional manner, and for me the closest thing is world-building in my head. I basically write a book without the actual writing, and get lost in some imaginary place. It's the closest thing to meditation I've been able to achieve. Not sure if that's technically dissociating or not at this point so take that with a grain of salt.

Mix between 3 and 7

Do you know de way

That's what I'm hoping for. Unmasking for a doctor feels like roulette sometimes

I've been touching grass and looking for a place to get tested that takes my shitty insurance and this just... makes me all kinds of anxious about what I'm about to go through.

It's scary

It's pretty alarming

There’s much more plastic in our brains than I ever would have imagined or been comfortable with

I'm so glad this is being studied so we can do absolutely nothing about it