Just worship cats.

My exfather deliberately cooked food I didn’t like to prove I actually like it and just do it for attention. He’s a trained chef. It started when I was three and only stopped when I moved out and stopped eating his meals.

I have two chronic illnesses. Hashimoto, an autoimmune disorder affecting the thyroid and endometriosis, a VERY painful under researched condition that for me affects the lower belly.

I’ve researched the shit out of both conditions in a way that autistic people with a biology degree do. I follow the TH1/TH2 immune imbalance research to support my immune system via foods that balance this (avoid peanuts, mushrooms, melissa (the plant, I hope thats the English name), eat tomatoes, onions, turmeric, garlic). Also gluten triggers my autoimmune response. No gluten for me.

As a result my thyroid looks A LOT healthier than it should be at this stage and still has retained a good bit of functionality. Which is a minor miracle.

For endometriosis I’m lucky enough that the visanne pill works for me. That in addition to avoiding estrogen in food means I’m nearly pain free. There’s some people for whom nothing helps, they’ve had dozens of surgeries and they still often enough can’t think straight due to pain. Being comparatively pain free is at least a medium sized miracle.

That wasn’t my point.

True. But I’d also like to see a reduction of seemingly general purpose down voting. There seem to be users who do nothing but down vote everything in sight.

Or malice.

It depends a lot on the situation. My exparents lived with my paternal exgrandparents until I was 8. Completely seperate households tho. Just in the same house.

If theres a partner and kids it’s important that everyone negotiates boundaries and communicates well. If it’s one household the chores and finances need to be shared in a way that works and so on.

Personally I moved out as early as I could because these people are abusive. I find it awe inspiring that you manage to coexist peacefully when everyone is an adult. If it works for you it works for you. In many cultures living with your parents is normal. I think worrying about what other people think, those that won’t pay your rent and don’t interact with your family isn’t productive. You’re the one who has to live with the decisions you make.

flicks tongue

You and me both.

Thoughts and prayers!

• a trans person

Sitting on the couch with no energy to do anything.

Yeah. And when you really know next to nothing about the situation maybe let the people who’ve been dealing with it for literally all their lives decide.

Telling me I should forgive/contact my abusive exfamily. Especially after knowing me for less than 30 mins and them not at all.

Either my ex grandmother who left organized religion to worship herself or exaunt, other side of the exfamily who was such a fundie that she rejected the harry potter books before we knew dumbledore was gay. Because books on witchcraft are of the devil.

Also escaping into fantasy worlds, having entire relationships in your head, denying all your emotions and only focus on cold hard facts.

Sure. I’m just not sure how to elaborate. :/ Do you have any specific questions or thought process you’d like me to comment on?

I was born into an abusive “family”. Fled into my head. Became the quiet brainy kid. Underfed and sleep deprived but did well in school and most people ignored the abuse.

Eventually studied at university, very high achieving, still hiding in my head. Super awkward with people. Autism didn’t help. The awareness that I was autistic made several light bulbs go on in my head.

I stopped contact with all of the exfamily and after uni wanted to focus on healing the trauma. Picked up several chronic diseases, realized I was non binary, got adopted by a cat.

Currently fighting to be able to work, if I manage I’ll not go for academics as I always thought I would but for helping animals. Trying to get out of head. Have emotions, talk to people.

As somebody vaccinated and autistic I’m VERY disappointed my autism didn’t level up when I got another vaccine.

I inherited a complete loss of the sweet tooth kicking in in the early 20s. Child me would be horrified.

Through a disease I also started liking onions which I hated with a passion before.

Similar story here. Them diseases do fuck with enjoying life.