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Artemis · 3w
And maybe if I pay careful attention I can start to identify "safe" places & activities more clearly to be able to say "I can't go to that event but I could do this, this, or this." I probably need t...
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I really hate how sensory discomfort affects my social life.

I think it's much worse than I even realize. I think there are a lot of times when I am absolutely miserable, but I haven't realized yet how uncomfortable I am, because I have trained myself to ignore it as much as possible.

Maybe if I stop forcing myself to ignore my own discomfort I can learn better how to relieve, or even better avoid it.
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Artemis · 3w
I think some (but not all) of the problems I identify as problems with interacting with other people are actually problems with *other* things that make many social situations painful & unpleasant. Perhaps I have a knee jerk negative reaction to being asked to do things with people because of how u...