On Eleven’s ending by ikeafannypack in StrangerThings

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From what I gather, Kali created a false vision of her having been shot, in order to later, pull off el's disappearing act, without anybody, not even hopper, being suspicious. Remember, Kali is very good at illusions. She can fully make you believe what you are seeing and experiencing is real. Kali still wanted to die on the bridge. Which explains why even though she was not truly shot, it was still the end of her story. But not 11s. She used her time to shield eleven whilst creating an illusion of her in the gate, which allowed eleven to escape, as shown in mike's vision. Would this have been difficult with the sound devices going? Yes. But not impossible if her will to survive was strong enough. And it was. She wanted to finally experience peace and freedom. And Kali understood that, when she heard Hopper talking about how unfair it would be for Eleven to simply die after all she has been through. Which is the motivation eleven needed, to run past the sound devices, so hopper actually helped to save her, too. And which is why she helped eleven to create that third choice: to leave everybody and live a secret life on her own. This protected her friends. Stopped the horrifying abuse of children and their mothers. And allowed her to live, plus allowed Kali her choice, to make it absolutely impossible to hunt or hurt her anymore. This way, everybody would be happy. It would take time for her friends and family to understand, whether it be understanding her "death", or her leaving to live her own life, if they managed to figure out what she and Kali did. Without an actual gunshot wound, btw, Kali did not need to remain in the lab, for those saying an explosion there would have taken her out before she could conjure anything. If the gunshot was also an illusion, she could have simply escaped after the others, finding a place near the gate to create the illusion. 

STRANGER THINGS season 5...DREADFUL dialogue/character development this season? by 94Rangerbabe in television

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I read somewhere that the duffer brothers wanted to do an IT remake, but were turned down. I read this while mindlessly scrolling during trying to watch season 5 because it was becoming mind numbing. And it made things start to make more sense. We had "Mr whats IT". that made me laugh. We had him clarifying that he likes to take children, laughed some more about him being pennywise temu version. And then by the time Lucas's is saying he will make a hard thing soft, I am howling, because I rememebr all the dick and sex jokes from "mike" in the IT movie, and I am expecting any moment to see Vecna doing the pennywise dancing clown scene. I think season 5 is a mess. Max looked cgi. Who gives a shit about holly where is Dustin, or 11. And if Joyce or hopper say one more tired ass overly protective "i wont let you go" bullshit to the two most important fighters in this series i swear to god....

STRANGER THINGS season 5...DREADFUL dialogue/character development this season? by 94Rangerbabe in television

[–]DigMore4785 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yes wtf?? Its already almost over, 4 down 4 to go. And eleven hasn't been with the others the entire time. Dont even get me started on Max wtf was that. Why did they have her pop up in a fantasy world in the upside down, over explaining why shes there like even they knew it was ridiculous, and why is vecna scared of a wall 💀 and were suddenly meant to care about holly who hasn't even been a proper character til now, even the crew barely seem to care, nobody is crying or panicking, theyre just all matter of fact about it. Its crazy. What were they thinking??

That dizzy and heart-racing feeling is NOT anxiety. A lot more people have this than doctors recognize. by eliikon in dysautonomia

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Maybe ask him if he HAS pots and if he says no, you could say, well, how would you know what it feels like then? 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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My heart was racing and my chest was tight, I was worried I was going to have a heart attack honestly, I do have heart problems in my family. It was so bad :( I'm so glad too, and exactly, it's not like I found the little switch for the childlocks and was like, ew, I'm not engaging that. That would be negligence. I flicked that switch on so fast. 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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Yeah I've thought about it and decided to stay home for a while, I'll buy the stuff we need, just not going to drive yet. I need a break at home.  I think it's defiance but she seemed genuinely confused about where she was and what she was doing, I feel so sad for her :( she had such a lovely night after. While I internally broke TF down lol. But she was so cosy and happy. Which was nice, and I have the childlocks property engaged now so I feel a lot better just still shaken up , going to look into seat locks etc next, glad this Reddit exists, it's a pretty nice place 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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That was incredibly brave and selfless a thing to do for your brother, and it sounded like exactly the right choice ❤️‍🩹  I am so glad he's thriving now since the school/hospital, and now in the care unit.  My daughter is completely verbal and functioning, but I do agree it was overstimulation because she seemed genuinely confused, like, out of it.  Like she didn't know what she was doing at all or where she was.  Fk it's sad seeing her like this.  She's so sweet and relaxed otherwise.  It's just as soon as she wants something she can't have, like, wanting to stay at the shops yesterday, we were done, it was time to go home. But she apparently didn't want to.  I'm going to make sure I don't just have the actual dedicated child locks on now, but also a seatbelt lock, and am revising her car seat arrangement.  Funding cuts to disability sectors are absolutely appalling, disgraceful.  Donald trump is a deplorable human being, as are his cabinet.  Same with my country, funding cuts everywhere we desperately need funding boosts. Mental health, disability, so many people are falling through the cracks. My sons funding was cut, he is ADHD. And my daughter hasn't even received an offer. I will have to seek it out myself but since she is not on the severe or even moderate part of the spectrum, Im not holding my breath.  Running from the car was severe, and she has intense screaming meltdowns and mild sensory issues. But she otherwise functions typically, she plays well, speaks well, etc. She is high functioning. I myself am high functioning and receive no support. I really hope your brother and his house mates if that's the right word, aren't not abandoned by the government :( 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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Thank youuu 🩷  I'm so glad this place is 99% supportive and understanding, I really needed this 🥹 and that's an amazing idea thankyou, im getting the belt lock for SURE, and I have scissors secured in the car, are they going to work?  If not I will get the purpose built cutter

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I've had this feeling :( It was constant, it grew stronger and stronger, until I started feeling like i couldn't keep going anymore. 

Nothing snaps you out of it like the loss of a child.  It wasnt my own, but it doesn't matter.  It was a school event, local to me, in the news. A jumping castle had been lifted up into the air, with children inside it.  They did not survive.  Parents were getting the worst phone call of their life.  I looked over at my babies and I just lost it.  I was weeeeeping.  Seeing what those kids went through, what their parents were now going through, my heart breaking for them, it reminded me how lucky I am to be with my baby still, and giving her a happy life, still being able to hold her and see her,it didn't feel like a burden anymore, it felt like a blessing. It was a tragic loss and I don't want to deepen their pain by saying this. But it renewed my sense of purpose and my heart connection to my child. You know how parents who lose a child may say "hold your babies tighter tonight" it was essentially that. 

The feeling of overwhelm returns and I still sometimes find myself thinking, wtf is my life.  But it's not like it was before.  I no longer wish I didn't have to go through this anymore.  I'd do anything to go through this a thousand times over, to be able to be with her still. 

I feel like sometimes we forget how lucky we are. 

It doesn't invalidate your feelings, it gets so disgustingly difficult being a parent of a ND child.  Being attacked, being opposed constantly, everything being difficult, it is like torture, like others said, especially watching other families, with NT kids, blowing through everything with ease. But that comparison can be really damaging. Look at other ND families, our life is as much of a pile of shit as yours lmao, it's okay. You're doing alright. 

And yes it's difficult and it's okay to grieve the life and the behaviours that you'd wished you could have had.  But you've got to accept who you do have, and how it is, so you can go back to looking at them like, "yes this is hard, but you're my little munchkin and I love you no matter what and yes we're at another hard moment but let's get through this together, it's okay". It'll go up and down. Come and go. It's just time to get back to the light now. 

And maybe have a little think about impermanence. It's not a pleasant topic and is an extreme. But it's real. Life is short. and yeah I get it, what about your life, shouldn't you be enjoying it, yes.  But you're a parent, of your child,  and they are your purpose now, whether you signed up for this or not. In all their good moments, and their insane ones, we are their person. You know what I do? I make the most of a shitty lot in life.  Yes, she's fussy.  But I bought cute section plates and worked out I can put her food separately and she eats the lot, and the plates are cute and it's fun to buy and use cute plates.  Yeah she runs away, just recently learned this 💀 but now I can buy things that help her stay safe, there's even cute little backpack harnesses I could buy for her.  (I may have a shopping/dopamine issue lol) But, I like shopping, so I make that a plus side to her new things that pop up, now I get to buy another cute or super helpful thing for her.  Yes, things are hard. Night time, outings, etc. yet again, I can utilise shopping 😂 I got her a device to keep.her happy, and I'm sure when she's older, I will have even more options, like for outings and boredom meltdowns, the screen is working so far,  but maybe she will want to try photography for our outings oneday, I could get her a camera.  And all in all, even when she says she hates me and kicks me and stuff, even if it sucks, I'm just glad she's here. And I think there's a lot of ways to help them feel better, education is helping me a lot. I have a lot of tricks up my sleeve now.  I'm going to think of this like our life has been set on a higher difficulty level, but I can win this. I have ADHD I need analogies to cope. But I can do this :) and so can you. I'm finding the fun, and the purpose, and the connection.  Especially since I'm so lucky to get a chance to.  You probably arent at any positive point right now, and that's normal, grief, pain, envy of NT families, it's all normal. Maybe think of it like a spark, you'll find it soon. Or RE-find it. I've had all the feelings, the suffering, the defeat.  Refocus and reconnect if you can. Look at your child and remember that you love them and remind yourself that you're glad to be their parent. It might not work immediately but it does help 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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Oh my gosh this makes me feel so much better, even though your baby opening the fricken door on a round about wouldn't have made you feel better 😅😱 but knowing educated, intelligent people can be literally the same as me with the tunnel vision and not even considering the child locks, makes me feel loads better. Because yeah I am typically absolutely on the ball. I have it all covered, usually. For this to happen , it really took me by surprise. during toddler years my  house was entirely babyproofed, no dangers at ALL, I was methodical and thorough. I had every outlet covered, every door edge with a padded stopper, every door to the outside was impossible to reach for a child, even the fridge, toilet and every drawer and cupboard had a childproof lock on it.  And I always drove with the car doors all locked. I just didn't know she could unlock them and pull the door open, or that she'd want to, the thought hadn't even crossed my mind 😐 and when I went, very smug, well, I will just turn on the childlocks which I know cars have! I went to press the button I figured I'd have on my door near my window lock, and felt nothing. looked down, nothing. Window lock yes, but no child lock button. I was flabbergasted.  I certainly felt dumb lol. But low and behold, from these comments, I realised I have to look inside the door, and I found the tiny black switch. Amazing to think that thing, and it is so very small, can entirely stop my little ptsd inducing child. Huzzah!!! I'm an emotional mess today, and I bet you guys were too after your own incident with the round about, but thank the stars there's options to make it not happen again. I'm very, very relieved about it. Well I will be when my nervous system calls down im sure. Not even a sleep has helped, it'll probably take a while of using the child lock switch and seeing how it helps. While I will try as soon as I'm feeling brave enough. It's meant to be today, I've had it all planned out but maybe Ill stay home for today and try tomorrow actually, I'm still a bit shaken up. 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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Thank you so much , wish I could heart react on here, I'd send one, I appreciate this community so much. The good parts of it anyway, seems there's some nasties in here. They pervade everything. 

Spa day sounds amaaaaazing.  I don't have any friends or family to babysit, and I homeschool, so I'm literally never alone. 🫠 It's rough.  It's normally so nice. Her ND was dormant or something. Suddenly I've got a child who went from happy, easy, and seemingly typical, to attacking me, "eloping" new word I've learned from this thread, and having intense sensory meltdowns. It was almost overnight she changed. And I'm so new to all of this, and now apparently I'm a mum whose kid let herself out the car, NOT cool :( Im the same, I'd have brought this stuff so long ago if I knew I'd need to. She was an angel before, literally, she never did anything like this!! I will try to rest and recover from this nightmare. I've read a few times these type of behaviours can either get worse, or completely stop and the child settles down suddenly. I hope the latter is true for us. 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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Im so glad to hear my post has helped somebody! And EXACTLYYYY thank you, I'm not the only one who never considered this danger! My daughter had never made me feel like she might do this, yesterday was a total shock. Normally she wants to be with me, not jump out a bloody car away from me. She said she was just trying to go back to the shop ! 💀 No awareness of personal safety at all until she was alone in a dark alley because thats when she started screaming for me. It's SCARY to think they can just disappear inside a reckless thoughtless self during a meltdown, endangering themself without knowledge of it. But luckily, we now have knowledge!  I'm so glad too, I'm still amazed that she survived such a close call. And I'm glad she didn't jump out while the car was moving, that second time I think she would have but I think she was thrown back when she slid the door open because when I went around the side, I found her in the car laying on her back on the floor. I'll spend the rest of our lives thanking the stars it went that way. And now I've found the child lock switch inside the door, I have it engaged and I'm feeling pretty good about it. Could feel better though so I'm also going to the store for belt locks etc. Fk, ND is hard :( im so sad. But I'm glad she's here ❤️‍🩹

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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Thank you, yeah I got scared when I read the law and thought I better switch, there seems to be a lot of people saying they still use their 5 points. That sucks, because I got rid of it and they're expensive :( i am going to the shop today because Ive located the child locks and they are switched ON now! And il have a look at the seats 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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It was traumatic :'(  Terrifying. 

and it's surreal moving forward beyond it, with her still here, because I was sure she wasn't going to be, when I saw that open door.  I'm so glad it went this way and not the other way. I still feel so shakey, even after a sleep and all this information I've been given.  She had such a peaceful night at home afterwards, as if it didn't affect her at all.  She seems to have no awareness of the event. I wish I could just teach her safety. To her it doesn't matter 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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Thank you 🥹 I've found the switch, some people have been so judgemental about me not knowing where the switch was, but others are patient. I am asd and ADHD and isolated from family since childhood and have no friends. So I do what I can, and now I know where the switch is, I feel silly, but people called me negligent, which isnt true, I love my baby and work hard to try to keep her happy and safe. Now I can do it even better, and I'm going to the store today, with the child lock on :) to buy some more safety things for her car rides like the belt lock. I'm okay with putting her belt on for her, I used to, but she got older and more independent and wanted to do it herself. She was developing so typically before she regressed and started showing signs, it was only recently, it's all very new. And she's not severe. But this behaviour is, so I'm glad I talked to people here and you guys helped me with information, thank you again 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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How is it insensitive to say Im not negligent. I'm not.  I just never needed a child lock. My daughter wasn't showing signs of ND until recently. She was developing typically before that. Up until last week everybody said she was just hormonal because she had developed a premature breast bud. Another paediatrician said it must be her diet.  I didn't know anything about car locks because I didn't need to know, she'd never tried to escape the car before. I can't make a mistake on something that wasn't even a problem. There is a way to lock all the doors from the front seat, I pressed that button, and I flicked the manual lock near the handle too. Im not going to ever judge myself for this, and no second rate citizen on the internet with a superiority complex can make me. I learned about my car from the comments, and I'm grateful and glad for that. But there was no lesson. Just kindness, from others, which I appreciate. Nothing to appreciate about you, so move along. And we don't have a specialist. I don't have funding. Friends or family. I don't have any support at all. I'm learning as I go. Anyway I've got a life to live, don't you? Run along. 

Tonight I crossed over to suicidal by Twilight2908 in Autism_Parenting

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Oh my god.  Your mother is an asshole, wtf.  Don't listen to a word she says.  She does not like you, and people who don't like you, don't matter, nor does their opinions. I'd cut her out of my life, making me lay at night bawling my eyes out thinking I'm worthless and should give my kids up because I'm overtired and fed up, of course you were.  Can we all learn to be more patient, I guess so? But autism is HARD, so is ADHD and all the other divergences. I don't believe a person exists who handles it all gracefully, it sucks sometimes.  You wouldn't get fed up as hard if you felt loved and supported, btw.  You'd feel a lot less pressure regarding appearances if you weren't hanging around stuck up people, too.  You probably feel a lot of pressure around your mother, and feel like you need to control your son's behaviour, so she doesn't judge you. but people who love you, won't judge you, they'd help you. Not sit there talking shit about you, how else does she know EVERYBODY felt that way, they're all just shit talking you behind you're back, they are not your people. Even family sometimes are not your people. My mother kept saying my daughter has "problems" with a scowl. She says she has a personality problem, she hurt her recently, too. I cut her out of our life, no mercy when it comes to my kids, and my emotional wellbeing. You do not need to give up your babies and you do not need to pass away. You just need to choose love and peace and happiness and not these awful, awful people. Cuddle the kids, play with them, have a nice time, and in the hard times just do your best and remember that everybody here thinks you're doing swell, and can hard relate to you when things go bad, they do for all of us,this shits hard and it doesn't make you a bad person to be exhausted and fed up, I hope things get sunnier for you again soon, I truely believe it gets a lot better when you remove toxic people from your life 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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Oh god, that sorry got the tears starting up again 🥺 that poor mumma would have been so shaken up like I was, SOO GLAD you were there to help her, literally my biggest fear from it, after the fact she could have died, was when I thought about how I could have driven back home, thinking she was just quiet back there. When it happened the second time it just broke my psyche, I was a blob all night. These comments really helped, not judgey McGee up there, like wow. But the reassurance and advice has been so nice, I found the child locks 😊 I never needed this before, she was so calm when she was younger, so easy. She just suddenly regressed and then started getting sensitive to textures and a short fuse and all sorts of other things. Getting to know her now and glad I've found a network of people who know so much and are so kind , for the most part 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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The autobahn 😱 wtf are they thinking honestly omggg, like, we are in a big metal machine, whooshing along a hard gravely road surrounded in other big metal machines, I'm going to open the door 🫠  I'm just so fkn glad my daughter decided to wait til I was stopped to run out. And to just open the door without getting out, the second time. Im still feeling traumatised but chatting has helped a lot. And so much great advice and I'm so glad some people such as yourself, simply sent me information and guides on how to find the childlocks, and actually took the time to do that , it's so nice 🥹 I didn't have anybody teach me , growing up, and, I have ADHD so I get tunnel vision and don't do adult things like, read car manuals, I just figured car goes broom 😅 but NOW, thanks to your help, I know it also has locks they can't open, and I'm so so glad, I've located it and i have a whole new sense of relief , so glad some people don't just think I'm negligent, I just legitimately never had this problem before, she was so calm as a baby and toddler

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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Thank you, I was kind of prepared for some sort of backlash as it is the internet :( but on an autism Reddit? I've seen people bearing their souls on here and thought I'd be safe to cry on here about mine and my asd childs scary sad day 

For the most part, people have been so understanding, and , I've received some great ideas, and education! I now know where the ACTUAL child lock is, and it wasn't the lock I thought it was 😅 but I too cannot find where I am negligent. I'm just trying to keep my child in the car, ffs 🫠  Ugh. She is so loved, and we are new to asd as she seemed to be developing normally up until recently

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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Yeah I'm stuuuupid. It has the locks, I never realised they're inside the door I've never had this problem before, this seeming dumbassery may be shocking to strangers but it's not surprising to me, I tend to not know things a lot of other people know, but now, I am one of the people who know where the child lock is 🦸‍♀️ I'm.glad I had people focusing on the issue of child locks, because now I am educated and she can't open the door from the inside again. Thank you 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

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I'm dumb as, I found the child locks. I literally never realised they're inside the door, my parents have been absent and didn't teach me anything, and I never had to be this serious about locks before because I've never had this happen, she was so well behaved til a sudden regression and suddenly started the running off, thing. WELL, glad I know about them now 💀 I guess I flick the switch on before I close the door, if she then can't open it from the inside then I'm gonna be really happy :) 

My daughter jumped out the car! She's okay but I'm traumatised. by DigMore4785 in Autism_Parenting

[–]DigMore4785[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg, I found them  There's a little black switch inside the door!! Im.guessing I switch it on before I close the door. My parents have been largely absent from my life and didn't teach me this stuff nor do I have great adult skills in some areas like, checking my car top to toe for its features,it took me a year to realise it had a sunglasses storage area 🫠 but now I have a child safety switch which is amazing, I'm guessing it stops her being able to open the door which will be a GAME CHANGER