When I was younger and researching the autism diagnosis criteria and symptoms, I thought “oh I couldn’t POSSIBLY be autistic.” Because when I read “takes everything literally” I thought it literally meant EVERYTHING and I was like “I don’t take EVERYTHING literally, just most things!” And I just realized the other day that it didn’t actually mean EVERYTHING and that was an overstatement.
a weird thing is that we got waves of people going "who cares if its cringe or youre annoying! have fun!" but no one really learned how to accept the fact that some people will find you annoying or think your art or your work or posts or anyrhing sucks and thats ok. rather it just became a weird "if people think youre annoying theyre just morally bad. let people enjoy things!". like no i think this yes man only biome sucks and people are allowed to not like artstyles and shows and media and other things
People tend to throw out the phrase "extremely specific kinks" as though that inherently implies something transgressive, but in my experience, the overwhelming majority of extremely specific kinks are so innocuous that you could see them in public and not even clock them. For every person who can only get off to having their nipples electrocuted, there are a dozen who are volcanically aroused by seeing their partner wearing one specific pair of socks.
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Tumblr: Only neurotypical people do X. Neurodivergent people never do X. It's literally never necessary to do X, and if you do, you are by definition acting out of malice.
Neurodivergent person whose neurodivergence primarily expresses itself as X:
Through the magic of VRChat, I present to you: Lupin III singing Memory of Smile.
I'm really proud of how this video came together. It's the first time in ages that I've felt passionately driven towards creating something without bailing on it halfway through out of anxiety or lost interest. I hope you love it as much as I loved making this.
Credits under the fold
Special Thanks
Airbee for inspiring me to get into VRChat movie-making
Sumirenko for providing isolated vocals of the song
-Apolly- for filling in as an extra full-body actor for several shots
Now that my brain is not defaulting to intrusive anxiety thoughts at the slightest microsecond of awkward silence, there is SO MUCH FREE REAL ESTATE in my brain! During my morning shower, I didn't put on my lo-fi playlist like I usually do to keep my mind distracted, but instead put on my mood-boosting disco playlist.
I! SANG! I don't normally sing in the shower! I used to get into sparring bouts with my intrusive thoughts instead! Is this what it feels like to be mentally healthy!?