Thank you, that’s a perfect place to start!

Ikr! But he volunteered! It was as shocking as it was magical. 🤩

This is so kind, thank you very much!! ❤️ I would love to, but first I need to spend some time looking through all the resources suggested here so I can make wise use of whatever time you can spare for me.

re: OCD, some podcaster or YouTuber I was listening to who is diagnosed mentioned that theirs primarily presents as social obsession, and described many things I strongly related to (including having “hangxiety” for days after every social function, not just drunken ones), so I did some searching and read some firsthand stuff on Reddit, and yeah.

I wonder if this is another situation where I am doing something and I think everybody else does this too and just handles it better. Like, I know over-analyzing and extended processing are both autistic traits, but I am beginning to wonder if maybe mine is cranked up to 11 and everyone else is cruising around 5-7.

The hangxiety thing was just one part of it, there were other obsessive thought patterns I related to, physical symptoms I share, and some checking behaviors that I’m also doing. It was a lot to unpack, but I don’t have time for that right now, so I stuffed that box in the corner. 😂

Thank you for all of these details and suggestions! This was very helpful.

Trump didn’t answer the questions they asked, so if you’re in love with rules etc above everything else, I can see how you might think Biden “won.”

It’s not dementia, it’s COVID-induced brain fog! 🤦

I felt kinda bad for him for a sec when he reacted to them screaming “LIE!”

then I remembered he’s not just some confused old man with dementia, he’s war criminal Joe Biden

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I’m not looking for legal advice from strangers, I’m looking for a better understanding of the jargon so I am more able to do research on my own. But thank you for your concern 😊

THE IDEA that Brandon didn’t win that debate

There’s a perfect spot for a greenhouse against the south-facing side of my house, very close to the gutter drain. 🤩 I can combine my rain barrel wishes with my greenhouse wishes with my BSF wishes and my worm wishes.

I wish I could spend a day with you walking through my daily life and have you tell me all this stuff I wish I knew about all of it. You are amazing, and I am so grateful every time I get to soak up some of your knowledge. Thank you so much!

Please feel free to infodump about greenhouses and rain barrels too! 😂

could have written this post myself, every word of this is true for me, too

I occasionally try to hang out with my cool neighbors, but it doesn’t work out often, and I still end up with post-hang anxiety

been kinda wondering if maybe there’s an OCD component to my thought processes that’s getting in the way here, but idk where to even begin to try to deal with that and just don’t have the fucks for it currently

anyway - ✨ solitude solidarity ✨ - you’ve got us, we’ve got you ❤️

🤩 this is amazing - thank you!!

I need all of you to account for everything you did as the site was down.

I got groceries and went to the dispensary…

THE GUN DISPENSARY!

(jk, it was the weed kind)

Yes!! In fact, I have been toying with letting this become my next special interest. I looked at some of the pre-made bins you can get online and have been lightly pondering how I might make one and where I would dig a hole for it. I would need to order eggs too, because our winters are a little too cold for them.

🤩 I have to go find that infodump!!

GREAT post

we have to kill Hexbear

Congratulations on 8 months, that’s a big achievement!!

My birthday is coming in a few weeks, and I’ve always felt much more New-Years-y about that than January 1, so it’s a big reassessment time. Unfortunately, I had a couple deeply traumatic incidents around my birthday two years ago, so it’s feeling pretty heavy, and I don’t want to reassess, I don’t want to celebrate my time on the planet - I just want to hide.

I would very much like to go back to having it be a week of pestering everyone I know and telling them how I appreciate having them in my life.

On a positive note, my broody chickens helped hatch more than a dozen guinea keets, and I’ve got my favorite chicken (Ada Lovelace) penned off from the rest of the flock to raise the babies until they’re fledged. She is such a great mom - anytime I bring her treats, she checks to make sure it’s safe then calls the babies over before she has any for herself ❤️

Also, the guineas are complete assholes, but we’ve seen <5 yellow jackets in the yard this year, so maybe they’re worth the trouble! I think I would legitimately, no euphemisms, actually fucking lose it if I got swarmed again.