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hypersensitivity to sound making me cannot do online shopping sometimes.
I am not used to online shopping in the first place, this year I've only done 3 such things. Because whenever I do that, at the 3rd or 4th day when it is supposed to come, it becomes the day of waiting where I cannot do much stuff except waiting for it to come.
And vehincle sounds passing near my home will be noticable even from maybe <500 meters away from my house.
oh hahah that's already a thing.
but here the delivery person had to take a photo with the receiver for proof, I had to pick it the exact time they arrived. At the very least I can still hide my face using the package box, because it's an added hassle otherwise.
Yeah... 9.5/10 for me. Holy crap.
Only real difference for me is I'm hyper aware of time and get really anxious if running late. So I guess it kinda fits with the description of dealing with time "in very specific ways", but not in the always late or up the line.
I definitely struggle with estimating tasks and can still lose track of time when I know I don't have something to do at a specific time.
My whole life being annoyed at how I don't get on with normal people and wondering why all my friends seem to be neurodivergent, being great at any subject I care about but useless in any class where I merely dislike the teacher or subject, doing overtly unusual things in public and barely noticing the stares, and thinking I was perfectly NT the whole time.
It is a deeply absurd experience.
I have this problem where I call out the absurd “normal” things people do and say to me when people do or say them and they stare back at me in utter confusion.
I just wish someone had told me "your vibe is your tribe" about thirty years ago
For 44 years I was certain I did not have a tribe, and I was just a shitty person
The self doubts haven't gone away, just the doubters.
Yeah, that PTSD from people treating us awfully is a tough one to overcome. Especially when they deny the existence of our trauma. Thanks mom and dad.