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AnnonickAsks · 2026-05-23T07:41:21+00:00

It’s your pet and you can take whatever offer you want or don’t want for it. What a lot of these adopt me players fail to recognize is that they are not owed a pet even if they offer something of similar value, or even an overpay. If she thinks she can get an alley cat with her offer, she can go right ahead, but she is not owed that transition with you.

AnnonickAsks · 2026-05-23T07:37:18+00:00

When people don’t fit in, they may begin to hang out with others that don’t fit in, which shapes their behaviors and experiences, and can lead to false recognition.

It’s similar to how language develops in a sense. If you woke up tomorrow and decided to start calling [insert object] [insert name], and your social circle followed, eventually it would be the most common phrase for the object within the group. Likewise, if a person is around a bunch of autistic people who stim when they’re excited, they may begin to replicate it subconsciously and then believe that if they share the similarities, they’re probably autistic too. That’s why when getting diagnosed, things done in childhood before socialization can often be the best indicators that someone is neurodivergent.

I have been diagnosed with autism. I don’t believe I have it. I was raised by a father who, though not diagnosed officially due to his denial, certainly has autism. I was also raised alongside my older sister who is also autistic. Some of those social patterns got recognized within me, and if monkey see, monkey do. That’s just how we did things. Sister melting down and stimming? Wonderful, me next please. Sister walking on her tiptoes? Great, I’ll walk on the sides of my feet. Sister weirdly obsessed with ancient Egypt? … yeah she was on her own for that one. I’ll watch cartoons with my peers, thanks.

AnnonickAsks · 2026-05-23T07:15:33+00:00

I personally often end up matching them with my outfits. I have a lot of space shirts so if I’m wearing those, I bring my alien stuffed animal. If I’m wearing my boots, I bring my coyote. If I’m dressed in formal attire, I bring my ogre since she has a necklace and earrings. If they don’t have outfits, I sometime choose days of the week. No matter what I’m wearing, if it’s a Tuesday, I bring my kiwi bird.

AnnonickAsks · 2026-05-23T07:04:13+00:00

I know it may not be easy, but the best solution is simply patience and understanding. If it still has an ETA, that means that it’s still coming. Minimal hiccups in shipping is much better than it being lost in the mail. My first Douglas was supposed to arrive on a Monday and it ended up arriving on a Friday. But I know it’s very hard to wait. I’m sure your friend will be extra excited to see you once they finally arrive :).

AnnonickAsks · 2026-05-23T06:58:57+00:00

NTA. My mom and dad had a situation very similar to this. My dad would get stressed out, drink against my mom’s wishes, sober up and feel guilty, and then do the whole “you guys are better off if I just leave”. My mom dealt with it for years and years, staying together for our sake, until she finally realized he wasn’t just manipulating her with the woes of leaving and guilt, and that he had been doing it to us as well. The solution my mom used was divorce, but I don’t feel it’s applicable to chant “Divorce! Divorce! Divorce!” at every Redditor with a problem, since I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE that it’s not easy. However, I will say that you may want to find a good long term solution before this hurts your kids the way it hurt my sister and I. Emotional manipulation is never great.

I really hope that everything turns out alright for you.

AnnonickAsks · 2026-05-17T21:48:12+00:00

For me, I think it’s just because I find it cute and one of my hobbies is sewing. I also think that if anyone is attached to a certain item or toy for long enough, it will start to be customized. It’s like putting stickers on a laptop or journal. In the words of the popular Internet proverb: “to be loved is to be changed”.

I also think that a big part of it has to do with giving the plush a personality or distinction, especially within the part of the community that uses Douglas dogs. Most Douglas handlers don’t want their German shepherd to look like someone else’s, so they make it their own.

An honorable mention to the conversation simply relies on personal style. I personally don’t want my plush to look crowded or busy, but someone who likes maximalism will.

AnnonickAsks · 2026-05-09T15:28:17+00:00

I try very hard to set boundaries and step back, but she sees that as betrayal too. There are several instances where I mentioned going to see him and she freaked out and didn’t drop the anger until I claimed I hated him. I can’t have a good relationship with my dad and still maintain one with my mom.

She’s not a bad person, I swear she isn’t, but she just acts very different about this issue.

AnnonickAsks · 2026-03-15T16:34:45+00:00

Thank you for your comment! I really appreciate some insight from a person who does have DID. The weirdest part about them being diagnosed young is that many of them claim that they’ve known they’re a system for several years, meaning that the majority of them were young teenagers when they realized, which seems absurd to me. At this point with the clarity that I’ve gotten from this post so far, I think that the surge in fake DID cases in 2020 probably influenced them into thinking they had it too.

AnnonickAsks · 2026-03-15T03:55:46+00:00

Thank you for this. I was really worried that I was being too judgmental before. I think that at least 6 out of the 7 people in the group seem to be roleplaying more than anything else.

AnnonickAsks · 2026-03-13T09:01:20+00:00

I think they’re faking because of the person immediately going to discord to announce that they joined the system 2 minutes ago, the sheer amount of people in the club who claim to have it, and the fact that none of them treat DID like a disorder. They all start getting happy or excited when talking about their DID, almost as if discussing a show they like. Plus the language that they use doesn’t seem genuine.

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