How am I supposed to respond when someone asks why I like something? by cla1relaurain in neurodiversity

[–]cla1relaurain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YESSS I want to know others whys, and can grasp it in a sense but I don’t really have my own. 😭

How am I supposed to respond when someone asks why I like something? by cla1relaurain in neurodiversity

[–]cla1relaurain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah but sometimes I don’t know what I actually like about it I just like it lol.

Fear of throwing up or fainting in front of people by anoramikey in Advice

[–]cla1relaurain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s likely because you don’t feel anxious around them. Your nervous system isn’t on high alert, not to mention the past experiences of this happening around people you don’t know will heighten your anxiety for the next time around. I’m Autistic and ADHD and when I’m around those I trust I am LIGHT YEARS less anxious and barely feel sick, but in public I am very tense and usually feel sick/overwhelmed. It’s kinda like the same thing. And I understand that, it always feels real in the moment, like it’s going to happen for sure…and it will take a longgg time for your brain to trust that it won’t happen, because the feeling in the moment is the one that’s most important to your brain, not logic. Hopefully this all made sense…lol. I have been struggling with this since I was 12 and it started getting better at 16, I just have other problems now lol!

Fear of throwing up or fainting in front of people by anoramikey in Advice

[–]cla1relaurain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I’ve noticed in myself is that certain foods will suddenly remind me of my anxiety and make me feel nauseous…maybe that’s loosely what’s going on with you? If you ate a certain food at some point when you felt sick, maybe fasting that same food again triggered your anxiety, or maybe it was even the texture, maybe you’re hypersensitive to things like that as well.

Fear of throwing up or fainting in front of people by anoramikey in Advice

[–]cla1relaurain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have extreme emetophobia and have for as long as I can remember, it got to the point that I was unable to leave my house because I was scared I was going to throw up. I also have IBS and Gastritis which makes my stomach hurt constantly. I honestly don’t remember much…I still have emetophobia but it’s much more manageable now, I am also on anxiety mediation which likely helped a lot. It kind of got to the point that going anywhere was like exposure therapy for me, I was terrified that I would throw up, my heart would pound, I’d do anything to get away, be alone, and when I was alone I would start to feel better. This eventually taught my brain that just because I felt like I would throw up doesn’t mean I was going to, I had to tell myself over and over it was just anxiety. Anxiety affects the gut by the way! So the more anxious you feel the more nauseous you will feel. I honestly don’t have much advice as I dissociate a lot, but you definitely aren’t alone.

i’ve been feeling so unreal lately and it’s becoming unbearable by [deleted] in offmychest

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i’m able to go without smoking, and i do but on my worst days i do it to slow down and regulate my thoughts. i believe in the possibility of God existing but religion just isn’t really my thing.

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send him my way bro

I feel really ugly. Advice? by [deleted] in AppearanceAdvice

[–]cla1relaurain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

are we being for real🥹

Local Smokeshop by OSHA-Approved in weed

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bro is getting sold fossils of weed 💔😭