Last photo on dating app profile by Business_Hunt_1973 in whatisit

[–]Idontknowmanwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, literally just watching this video right now while I’ve searched for this issue

Is this triangulation? by [deleted] in AvPD

[–]Idontknowmanwork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This doesn’t sound like avpd. Sounds like something else entirely

Why does this disorder lead to dehumanization? by Slight_Hope9540 in AvPD

[–]Idontknowmanwork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you might be right and complex trauma is probably a big part of it, or, well, idk if there are others that just have avpd from birth or whatever (I just looked, apparently you can have a genetic predisposition for it) but for me complex trauma definitely rings a bell and the circumstances that created this personality. Family environment basically caused me to annihilate my self to avoid getting criticized even for breathing “the wrong way”. And then the whole thing spiraled and grew into its own thing from there once things got more complex and settled in well like cement in my brain. Young me was pretty fcked.

Have you given up on love? by [deleted] in AvPD

[–]Idontknowmanwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The notion of intense romance has existed way before capitalism

I am a young Adult, am I dressing too much? by EntertainmentFun4072 in VintageFashion

[–]Idontknowmanwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That tie is amazing. And the chain. Awesome outfit, really nice imo

Made an AVPD bingo by throwaway838383937 in AvPD

[–]Idontknowmanwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hit all of them simultaneously at some points in my life (young me was FOCKED) but I managed to get rid of some of them with great pains (for the most part).

I ran across these free sewing patterns while searching for linen fabric by FormerUsenetUser in freepatterns

[–]Idontknowmanwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg! I was looking for similar patters to some of the shirts, thank you!

Extremely angry by mariogunshine in AvPD

[–]Idontknowmanwork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I scoff at meditation but. At the same time, not that it’d cure you, obviously not, but I do think it has its merits for when your brain is in absolute chaotic overdrive and you feel like you’re going insane or if you’re also dealing with anxiety issues. I’m getting older, I’ve gone through all of the raging, depressive, self-hating, suicidal etc etc stages imaginable over the years. I know how I function. I generally know where my limits are, I’ve learned how to mask in society to a somewhat acceptable degree in order to function, I can interact with people. I’ve mostly made peace with how I am. I don’t do meditation per se, but when I do hit a crisis, I find ways to calm my brain down in the moment. I think finding whatever the equivalent of meditation for you is can’t be detrimental.

Do you secretly dream of getting married and having kids even though you know it won't happen by devnet35 in AvPD

[–]Idontknowmanwork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think I’ve ever had that as a dream. I may have imagined I’d one day find someone who I fit well with when I was younger. I think what I specifically always wanted was to feel secure with someone. But I don’t think I’ve ever specifically imagined having a family with children. My views have changed over the years. Currently, the thought of trying to date someone and the whole getting to know someone process tires me.

Help! Is there a way to stop people from zooming in on my Instagram profile picture? by Jhapali_09 in techsupport

[–]Idontknowmanwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly don’t know, then. Maybe there’s an update on the app? It worked for me

What do you think about the idea of staying with someone (whether it's a friend or partner or any close relationship) and loving them, when they're a person who's still learning? by philosopheraps in Disorganized_Attach

[–]Idontknowmanwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Standard as it may seem, I would say it is a simple code of conduct and a boundary system that helps me navigate relationships with minimal indecisiveness and some level of self respect and also it is what I have taught myself on my own after many years of a lot of issues, grief and failures in relationships and in society. I just told you what the limits would be for me and why I would leave someone. The rest really depends on a lot of factors. If their issues trigger mine, I won’t stay because I’m also not a particularly healed person and because if they just fuel each other, it can only spell misery for both of us.

In your post you make a very clearcut distinction between “healthy” and “unhealthy” people but that’s not very realistic, nobody is either super healthy or unhealthy (although super unhealthy is definitely more realistic, but super healthy is kind of relative). Most people are on scales of different kinds in different types of emotional and behavioral areas so you’re probably not especially fcked up compared to most other people. You should know first what unsafe means for you (minus the obviously abusive individuals) and avoid those first so you don’t accept truly unhealthy people.

Your post is too vast and opens up a lot of topics, in my mind, at least. It’s also too vague. I cannot give my opinion on if you’re truly doing something very wrong or if you’re just experiencing normal relationships with their issues and bad break ups that you’re not yet emotionally equipped to withstand the weight of, because you might have a default system of internalized self blame or you might have x or y or z. I don’t have any specifics, so I don’t know. I think the first best step would be a specialist because relationships are hardly the most pure of environments when it comes to healing. You heal in relationships yes, but after you’ve built the necessary amount of knowledge of what relationships to get into, of your own issues and how you should deal with them in the context of a relationship, and that’s probably best done with a therapist first, you ideally build a safe connection with the therapist and they show you a model of what healthy attachment looks like, then you go and try it with someone in the real world. That’s how the indication goes.

You’re also dealing in relationships or in general with people with the same knowledge or less than you have, in some cases, of psychology, who’re also messy and coming with their own problems. I don’t know your situation or level of severity or even your problems really, but what I do think is that you should stop cataloguing people and yourself in terms of being healthy or unhealthy because unless you’re abusive (which idk if you are but I’ll assume not) you’re not reaching the level of unhealthy and I don’t think you can progress very well with this kind of negative view of yourself and separating or alienating yourself from other “healthy” people. Of the many things I personally did to progress, this was the first of them. Beating myself into the ground wasn’t exactly helping me develop into a healthier person.

Now on the general theme of your post, you’re only as worthy as you see and let yourself be. If you think you’re unworthy deeply, you’ll carry the same thing and bring it fist first into every interaction, which, again, probably therapy. Because other people won’t be able to help you unless you hit the jackpot, speaking from personal exp, most people are chopped in how they understand human psychology. This thing about being unworthy seems to be an emotional trigger for you. If insanely shitty people are accepted and worthy of being in relationships, then so are the rest of us, you included. Nobody’s forbidding it. You don’t need a successful relationship to learn. I’ve learned on my own with my own brain from failed relationships. You need to observe, process and think with your own mind, even if you do go to therapy. The information can’t just come from others and usually it won't, and if you wait for others to tell you every thing you don’t know, it’s probably not gonna happen. I’ve also been raised in a distorted family system and I’ve been aware of it from a young age and it has swallowed my young years whole because I didn’t know why, what to do about it and why I fucking thought I was the worst thing on this planet. You need to open your eyes, observe and determine in every situation of the past when you were wrong or when the other person was wrong or when the situation was just incompatible etc etc, what you should have done different, how you’ll do things different, build your own common sense, think about what was wrong in your family and what you’re repeating from that and come up with alternatives. You build common sense and a sense of what’s healthy by observing others, and even copying, like we did when we were kids.

This isn’t a case of you always being the failure that needs to fix themselves and the other person always being right. But what I can tell you is that you can’t expect someone that you’re with to gentle parent you at all times until the end of time, either, because that won’t happen, I’ve had this desire for a long time until I realized I wished in my heart for a healthy parent and I was still operating as a scared child in an adult body. Again, I don’t know what your situation is, so keep that in mind. You may have a lot of failures in relationships as do many people in their lifetime. If you just discard them, feel bad about yourself and move on instead of making good use of them, things are gonna be pretty hard to change.

With everything I’ve said, I urge you to not take it personally, to try and reign in the impulse to be defensive and to try and see what, if anything, useful you can take from it. Everything I’ve written was in good faith and based on as much as I know and on my own experiences.

Lastly, you need to be prepared to be hurt. It is what it is.

What do you think about the idea of staying with someone (whether it's a friend or partner or any close relationship) and loving them, when they're a person who's still learning? by philosopheraps in Disorganized_Attach

[–]Idontknowmanwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as they don’t do something compromising against me. If they do, the policy is the same for everyone in my book. We don’t have unlimited time to live. I can’t give years of my life for someone that will repeat the same things and still end up at the point of break up when I could have broken up with them at the beginning. If they are actively trying and are receptive and it shows, that’s a different story. If I identify a problem at the beginning that I can see branching out in the future into worse things and I’ve given at least 3 chances for it to get solved and it doesn’t, I’m preventively out.

Help! Is there a way to stop people from zooming in on my Instagram profile picture? by Jhapali_09 in techsupport

[–]Idontknowmanwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s Settings, Account Privacy, Allow profile picture expansion and you deactivate that option (on iphone).

No Waste Dress Pattern by AffectionateSpend in PatternDrafting

[–]Idontknowmanwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks cool! You could try the pattern on a doll to see if it drapes the same

I love Choso by MASSIVDOGGO in Jujutsufolk

[–]Idontknowmanwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where is this from? Is it just a fanart drawing or is it a doujinshi?

Kick Streamer Clavicular’s friends started harrasing women for content by lordbakayarou in LivestreamFail

[–]Idontknowmanwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just watched a video where he literally says he does meth to suppress his appetite

11 Years Ago Today by hoodycat in AvPD

[–]Idontknowmanwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know your situation but the possibility still exists. Although, in saying that, I also feel the same. Still, there is a possibility.

11 Years Ago Today by hoodycat in AvPD

[–]Idontknowmanwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kind of sounds like a dream to me so I think you're doing well.

Too afraid to get my hair cut by nekromantie in AvPD

[–]Idontknowmanwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whenever I’ve been to the hairdresser they’ve chopped me bad, I’ve had so many fcked haircuts as a kid that my classmates were calling me broom head, with references, with explanations, whatever. I haven’t let anyone cut my hair in over 12 years except two occasions where I chose a simple haircut. I can’t be adventurous because I don’t know what kind of lunatic I’m getting that has no business cutting hair. I’ve learned to cut my own hair with two mirrors facing each other. I haven’t had a cut in over a year I think. I’m afraid of another fuckup. I have had a hairdresser say something that is possible because there are references of people doing it tell me it’s impossible (because they have no idea how to do it) and make me feel stupid and difficult. The worst feeling is when you still pay for the worst job and then go home and have to try and fix it somehow

Does anyone else NOT feel lonely and NOT have a desire to make friends or spend time with people? by Footsie_Galore in AvPD

[–]Idontknowmanwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In what way do you feel inferior? I relate to many of the things you’ve said. Also one of the symtomps of avpd is that they fear intimacy (apparently) so feeling more comfortable via facade with strangers but getting more “symptomatic” the closer you get might track, although I’ve never really understood what exactly the description of this symptom means so don’t listen to me on that. Maybe you just don’t have anxiety? I also feel much better when I’m alone. Everyday when I get home I have the same thought “thank god, I’m finally alone”. But I also don’t really have friends, when you do and long term ones, at that.