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Me to my therapist: I've been listening to a lot of Gracie Abrams as of late.

My therapist: *delighted voice* A lot of my clients do! They find her therapeutic!

Me: You do realize that means we're all kind of depressed as fuck?

My therapist: ...

My therapist: Oh. Yeah. I guess that's why they have therapy sessions.

Me: We're just giving you job security.

#gracie abrams #daughter from hell #therapy convos #emily elaborates

heystephen

being autistic and trying to talk in group settings is literally a saw trap

heystephen

if i speak too soon to stay on topic im being rude and interrupting so i guess ill wait until it’s My Turn™️ to speak. but no one is giving me a chance. oh now the topic has changed and the thing i was waiting to say is irrelevant . maybe i can say it anyway and gently steer the conversation back to the previous topic. oops i spoke and now the entire conversation is over and everyone is acting uncomfortable

heystephen

second outcome is i spoke but someone else spoke over me like i wasn’t even there and no one else acknowledged it or me so now im just going to sit here and not try that again

Y'ALL a small press publisher has ASKED FOR MY FULL MANUSCRIPT omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (they're legit i checked)

#screaming crying throwing up #emily elaborates

The Good Witch is a perfect album 11/10 no notes

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happy birthday to my platonic soulmate that i have not talked to in four years and miss terribly. love you amber </3

grieving the living is harder than grieving the dead istg

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y'all i think griff is going to completely dominate my apple music replay this year. i just need her to release new music plzzzzzz

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my book and my desire to get it published is all i'm living for at this point. and it's funny, it's more important than the fact my birthday is saturday lol

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truly, the worst thing about being on the spectrum isn't the meltdowns or the intense sensory processing. it's being told "you're too much and not enough." the goalposts are moved every single time i speak and it's. disheartening.

it's funny, i keep a spreadsheet of how long it takes before my coworkers at any given job decide to go to my manager about me being too intense and whatnot. at my current job, it's been two years, which is the longest stretch i've ever had.

sad that i've cataloged this. all of this. all because i am being myself and yet...i'm too much and not enough. every. single. fucking. day.

#the autism tag #emily elaborates

tisfearless

Just between us did the love affair maim you too

#ouch #flashbacks incoming #amber

maryoliveoil

sorry that I liked your post immediately. it's just that I'm always refreshing.

girlcodedhamlet

it's very frustrating seeing otherwise well-structured posts about media literacy and critical thinking bookended with statements about "nowadays", "nobody has literacy anymore", "this generation is so anti-intellectual", and the like, unquestioningly falling into better past fallacies.

Do we really think the 80s and its Satanic Panic were better at critical thinking? what about the 40s? the Victorian era? societies have always had problems with critical thinking and literacy, because most societies have dealt with propaganda, corrupt leadership, difficulty providing education (due to poverty or discrimination or other issues), and/or people who resist critical thinking (due to privilege or circumstance or what have you). we can criticize media trends without pulling a "well back in the GOOD OLD DAYS" about it.

cages-boxes-hunters-foxes

y'all i am DEFINITELY hyperventilating!!!!!!!!! i'd love either agent but hot damn waiting is so tough!! i just need one of them to request my full manuscript and then we wait again!!!! life is about waiting!!!!

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