moonbunny

There’s nothing like the formative experiences of prior “friends” making plans, asking to join and either receiving a “hahaha, no” in response or just getting an incorrect time/location to shut me up🙃

That’s a pretty good metaphor

Aw, there’s so much ancient history now than ever before, how could it be the worst on record?

I was lucky to get both physical and verbal abuse from my family, so I’m just a grown up mess now.

I am glad to see the studies come out that validate these experiences on a more empirical level.

Damn, I got my ADHD diagnosis, but I’ve been constantly looping between if it’s ADHD and possibly C-PTSD or ADHD, Autism and C-PTSD that’s making things so difficult for me 😅

When I initially came across this picture the first few times, I have read in a similar manner as the other commenter replied as well. While I never got the original intention behind whoever updated the text in the picture that I’ve posted, it’s resonated with me in a positive way.

That is also accurate lol

That is true! Though with computers being one of my “productive” traits, I do get asked to look at computers instead 😅

Yuuup, I really don’t think my traumas made me “stronger” or “thick-skinned”, but instead I feel like I’m even more fragile than before, sensitive and still just as easy to cry.

Now I struggle to talk or hold conversations because I get exhausted from thinking up of response options and picking the most appropriate ones for the context and gauge the level of sharing to give in personal responses, usually by then there’s already a shift to a different topic or interest, and then my process resets.

It’s hard since letting my mouth run has gotten me into a lot of trouble/getting bullied and sometimes, hurt people.

Then there’s the fun part where since I’m accustomed to unsafe situations/interactions, my nervous system sends signals that I’m unsafe when I’m in safe situations/interactions and I.. kinda just lock up since my experiences with feelings of safety is that it’s usually short-lived and something bad is going to drop and I gotta prepare somehow

Not officially, but I’m diagnosed ADHD and for now, self-diagnosed autistic

I managed to finally save up enough money to put myself on a waitlist to get called to setup an appointment to start my autism assessment in several months from now, so…yay?

Speed bumps are definitely a no-go on Parkside. The emergency services (at least Toronto Fire) takes issue with speed bumps slowing down response times, and the TTC is also a big opponent to speed bumps being put up on their bus routes which the 80 Queensway operates down it.

There was a plan in the works to narrow the street to 2-3 lanes which would force traffic to slow down, especially if the lanes are narrower too, with bike lanes also coming in. It’s too bad the changes are dead since the Supreme Mayor of Toronto made legislative changes that effectively killed the major changes to the street