Some more stuff about my life I feel the need to say
When I was in school, I wasn't in a regular class. I was in a special needs class. I was a 1 to 1, which basically means I had a teacher with me at all times because it was hard for me to do school on my own. I often had a teacher with me for schoolwork. I felt so overwhelmed and had sensory overload and sensory meltdowns with certain kids being noisy.
I eventually went to a special needs school for kids from age 5 to 21 when I was in middle school. There were kids in my class both in the special needs school in middle school and when I was in a special needs class in elementary school that functioned better than I did.
I literally cannot work, I am unable to hold a job and I can't live on my own. I live with my dad.
I can't even watch a lot of stuff. It's ridiculous how much stuff I'm sensitive to. Let's see, I'm sensitive to Dragon Ball, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Yu Yu Hakusho, My Hero Academia, Death Note, Soul Eater, One Piece, Bleach, Ren and Stimpy, Family Guy, South Park, many of the shows Cartoon Network aired (not all of them, just a good amount) and so many others. There are also shows that just don't hold my attention but I can watch. They just bore me.
I can't even play most video games because of the sensory overload aspect. Even a game like Mario has a lot of jumping and such going on.
I did play a lot of video games at one point and watched anime and shows I couldn't handle. That was back before I fully realized my limitations. Its because of Tokyo Mew Mew that my limitations, my weaknesses, my vulnerability were fully exposed and I realized it.
I think one reason why I've been upset at myself is because I feel I never fully grew up. My favorite shows tend to not be shows aimed at toddlers usually as in Blue's Clues, Bear in the Big Blue House, Sesame Street, Dragon Tales, PB&J Otter, etc. I do love some shows that aim older than 2-5 like Tokyo Mew Mew, which is my favorite of all time but it still feels like a limitation that I'm mostly into shows that aim really young. I sometimes wonder why Tokyo Mew Mew is able to hold my attention so much better than many other stuff not aimed at 2-5 year olds specifically.
I also get overwhelmed so much. Even when I go to conventions, I get a sense of being heavily overstimulated. I have a lot of anxiety at conventions. I also have anxiety socializing with others in person. The reason I want to go out to different places more often is because I want to socialize more and practice my socializing more. Also because I'm not a fan of being stuck at home. I want to explore the world.
I do talk about Tokyo Mew Mew a lot and I think that's only because it's very important to me. I have wondered though if it was a mistake for me to get into the series though only because it ended up fully exposing my vulnerabilities and made me realize my limitations so much.
I did talk to a therapist recently and she said I should forgive myself for when I attacked teachers at school 15 years ago and that I should write a letter that I keep at home as a therapeutic way to cope.