Librarian. Speaking from personal experience, you need a librarian.
this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2026
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Can I get a librarian?
i keep putting books in front of my girlfriend like a moonstone, but it never works.
Sick username
I gots me a bookworm. Close enough !
Audhd + cptsd = I need and want to be left alone by everybody now, please.
Auadhd + depression = leave me alone- but i want someo- no, we want alone- we want love- ALONE!
Silverchair had a song that had one lyric that always stuck out to me:
I don't want to be lonely; I just wanna be alone.
Exactly!
I feel this. For me, this feels included in the "safe" part of the OP, because I have found that one of the best salves for this feeling is someone who I can be with as we each do our own thing. It feels less stressful because there isn't as much of the whiplash between the binary of wanting my own space but then feeling lonely
That kinda sounds like bpd, ngl.
Had a psych eval and the results came just this month and I don't have BPD.
Really now, ADHD makes you joyous, and depression makes you sad. Depression+ADHD is sure to sound like BPD.
that sounds like me sometimes. Also somewhat the above comment sometimes too. my friend told me that I might (i think he was more certain) that I have cptsd, and I know I have depression.
Not heard of this concept before. Is it talking about romantic partner or just friends?
Somehow they’re real and we lightly terrorize the world together 😄
I found them. <3
Where did you two meet?
I did an on the job learning at the same restaurant they worked at. It sounds a bit worrying but I was +20 at the time lol, we still joke about it a bit. I highly recommend meeting people IRL, schools jobs hobbies volunteering etc, rather than the BS "dating" apps. I have only found predators on those, harder to spot when it's written and so on.
i too enjoy unicorns
Does AuDHD stand for "autistic deficit hyperactivity disorder"?
It's gold-tier ADHD.
Autistic deficit
Having hardships at being autistic sucks
It stands for autistic with ADHD. I guess AuADHD doesn't roll off the tongue quite as well.
I pronounce it like odd-DHD. I'm odd
😐
You need all those things, but not necessarily in the same person
Polyamorous relationships are the solution!
No, seriously! I think for many they indeed are
It really blows my mind how many couple cheat simply because they wrent getting something they needed from their partner. No one can do everything for you and thats okay. Monogamy isnt for everyone, despite what traditionalists will say. Just communicate.. cheating is just polyamory with extra steps
Still looking... 😮💨